Experimental transplantation of corneal epithelium-like cells induced by Pax6 gene transfection of mouse embryonic stem cells

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1220-1227

  Ueno, Hiroki ^a   Kurokawa, Manae S ^a   Kayama, Maki ^a   Homma, Ryusuke ^a   Kumagai, Yuta ^a   Masuda, Chieko ^a   Takada, Erika ^a   Tsubota, Kazuo ^b   Ueno, Satoki ^a   Suzuki, Noboru ^a,c  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corneal epithelial cells; Embryonic stem cells; Pax6; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 12; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADHERINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEAL DISEASES; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENETIC VECTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; KERATIN-12; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 36549053697     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31814fa814     Document Type: Article

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