Two clonal cell lines of immortalized human corneal endothelial cells show either differentiated or precursor cell characteristics

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 286-294

  Valtink, Monika ^a   Gruschwitz, Rita ^b   Funk, Richard H W ^b   Engelmann, Katrin ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM CHEMNITZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell line; Clonal growth; Differentiation; Human corneal endothelium; Serum free cultivation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CONNEXIN 43; PROTEIN ZO1;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CLONING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL LINE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEM CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONE CELLS; COLLAGEN; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

EID: 43049151478     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113406     Document Type: Article

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