N-Cadherin in the maintenance of human corneal limbal epithelial progenitor cells in vitro

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4640-4645

  Higa, Kazunari ^a,b   Shimmura, Shigeto ^a,b   Miyashita, Hideyuki ^b   Kato, Naoko ^b   Ogawa, Yoko ^b   Kawakita, Tetsuya ^a,b   Shimazaki, Jun ^a,b   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,b  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 12; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; CADHERIN; CDH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTOKERATIN 14; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER MICRODISSECTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOLOGY; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOWN-REGULATION; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-12; KERATIN-14; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PHENOTYPE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STEM CELLS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 70349575019     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-3503     Document Type: Article

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