Biological principals and clinical potentials of limbal epithelial stem cells

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 331, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 135-143

  Notara, Maria ^a   Daniels, Julie T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human; Limbal epithelial stem cell deficiency; Limbal epithelial stem cells; Limbal stem cell niche; Ocular surface disease; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; POLYMER; PROTEIN P63;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOMIMETICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA OPACITY; DAUGHTER CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; KERATITIS; LIMBAL EPITHELIAL STEM CELL; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 37249009069     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0458-7     Document Type: Review

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