A xenobiotic-free culture system for human limbal epithelial stem cells

Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 919-927

  Notara, Maria ^a   Haddow, David B ^b   MacNeil, Sheila ^c   Daniels, Juliet T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Innovation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c Krow Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell transplantation; Feeder layer; Human fibroblasts; Limbal epithelium; Stem cells; Xenobiotic system

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 3; CYTOKERATIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN P63;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FETUS; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG FIBROBLAST; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; PHENOTYPE; STEM CELLS; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 38049129362     PISSN: 17460751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17460751.2.6.919     Document Type: Article

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