Cryopreservation of human limbal stem cells ex vivo expanded on amniotic membrane

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-333

  Yeh, Hui Jung ^a   Yao, Chao Ling ^a   Chen, Hsin I ^a   Cheng, Huey Chuan ^b,c   Hwang, Shiaw Min ^a  

^a FOOD INDUSTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ABCG2; Amniotic membrane; Cryopreservation; Limbal stem cells; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; CYTOKERATIN 3; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; NITROGEN; VIMENTIN;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CORNEA LIMBUS; CRYOPRESERVATION; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL;

AMNION; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATIN-3; LIMBUS CORNEAE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VIMENTIN;

EID: 41149083585     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31815dcfaf     Document Type: Article

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