The effect of amniotic membrane preparation method on its ability to serve as a substrate for the ex-vivo expansion of limbal epithelial cells

Biomaterials

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1056-1065

  Shortt, Alex J ^a,b,c   Secker, Genevieve A ^a,b   Lomas, Richard J ^d   Wilshaw, Stacy P ^d,e   Kearney, John N ^d   Tuft, Stephen J ^a,c   Daniels, Julie T ^a,b  

^a Cells for Sight Transplantation and Research Programme   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Cornea; Limbus; Niche; Somatic stem cell biology; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; BIOLOGY; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; GLYCEROL; MEATS; SUBSTRATES;

AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE; CORNEA; LIMBUS; NICHE; SOMATIC STEM CELL BIOLOGY; STEM CELL;

CELLS;

BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; GLYCEROL; PERACETIC ACID; PROTEIN P63;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL EXPANSION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMNION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MATERIALS TESTING; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 57849085184     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2008.10.048     Document Type: Article

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