Nerve growth factor and its receptor TrkA serve as potential markers for human corneal epithelial progenitor cells

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-40

  Qi, Hong ^a,c   Li, De Quan ^a   Shine, H David ^b   Chen, Zhuo ^a   Yoon, Kyung Chul ^a,d   Jones, Dan B ^a   Pflugfelder, Stephen C ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR CELL AND GENE THERAPY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cornea; epithelium; nerve growth factor; nerve growth factor receptor; neurotrophin; p75; progenitor cell; TrkA

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 3; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P63; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEOMICS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS;

EID: 36749102565     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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