Culture conditions for primary human limbal epithelial cells

Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 461-470

  Osei Bempong, Charles ^a   Henein, Christin ^b   Ahmad, Sajjad ^c,d  

^a NORTH DEVON DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3T3 fibroblast; Amniotic membrane; Clonal analysis; Colony forming efficiency; Cornea; Culture; Epithelium; Limbal stem cell; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN;

AMNION; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTAMINATION; CORNEA; CORNEA LIMBUS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SYNTHESIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 68049117121     PISSN: 17460751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/rme.09.7     Document Type: Review

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