Characterisation and functional features of a spontaneously immortalised human corneal epithelial cell line with progenitor-like characteristics

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 279-286

  Notara, Maria ^a   Daniels, Julie T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell line; Cornea; EGF; Epithelial cells; Migration

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTEGRIN; ALPHA9 INTEGRIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CELL MARKER; CYTOKERATIN 3; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN P63; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL LINE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CORNEAL EPITHELIAL SPONTANEOUS CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; STEM CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOUND HEALING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; KARYOTYPING; KERATIN-3; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 73149101858     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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