Persistence of transplanted oral mucosal epithelial cells in human cornea

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4660-4668

  Chen, Hung Chi Jesse ^a,b   Chen, Hsiang Ling ^a   Lai, Jui Yang ^c   Chen, Chih Chun ^d   Tsai, Yueh Ju ^a   Kuo, Ming Tse ^e   Chu, Pao Hsien ^f   Sun, Chi Chin ^e   Chen, Jan Kan ^g   Ma, David Hui Kang ^a,g  

^a Limbal Stem Cell Laboratory

^b Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences

^c Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering

^d Confocal Microscopy Core Facility ^*

^e Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Campus ^*  (Taiwan)

^f CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOKERATIN 12; CYTOKERATIN 13; CYTOKERATIN 3; CYTOKERATIN 4; CYTOKERATIN 8; KALININ; MUCIN 5AC; PROTEIN P63; PROTEIN P75; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AMNION; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ENGRAFTMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEM CELL; VISUAL ACUITY; ADOLESCENT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHEMICAL BURN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; EYE BURN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BURNS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 70349580116     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-3377     Document Type: Article

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