Isolation and cultivation of equine corneal keratocytes, fibroblasts and myofibroblasts

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-42

  Buss, Dylan G ^a   Giuliano, Elizabeth A ^a   Sharma, Ajay ^b,c   Mohan, Rajiv R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Corneal wound healing; Equine; Fibroblasts; Keratocytes; Myofibroblasts

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEA; CORNEA STROMA; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; FIBROBLASTS; HORSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 74549218754     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2009.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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