Greater growth potential of p63-positive epithelial cell clusters maintained in human limbal epithelial sheets

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4611-4617

  Kawakita, Tetsuya ^a,b,c   Shimmura, Shigeto ^a,b   Higa, Kazunari ^b   Espana, Edgar M ^c   He, Hua ^c   Shimazaki, Jun ^a,b   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,b   Tseng, Scheffer C G ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c Ocular Surface Research and Education Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 12; CYTOKERATIN 3; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN P63; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CKAP4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; KRT12 PROTEIN, HUMAN; KRT3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; EPITHELIOID CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ADULT; ANIMAL; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE;

3T3 CELLS; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KERATIN-12; KERATIN-3; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 70349576373     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2586     Document Type: Article

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