A subset of human limbal epithelial cells with greater nucleus-to-cytoplasm ratio expressing high levels of p63 possesses slow-cycling property

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1164-1170

  Arpitha, Parthasarathy ^a   Prajna, Namperumalsamy V ^b   Srinivasan, Muthiah ^b   Muthukkaruppan, Veerappan ^a  

^a ARAVIND MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Limbal epithelial stem cells; N C ratio; P63 expression; Slow cycling property

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; PROTEIN P63; CKAP4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CYCLING; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSE RATE; STEM CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL MOTION; CELL SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL CYCLE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 60749087180     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181814ce6     Document Type: Article

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