Utilization of human limbal mesenchymal cells as feeder layers for human limbal stem cells cultured on amniotic membrane

Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-44

  Zhang, Xiaomin ^a   Sun, Huimin ^a   Li, Xiaorong ^a   Yuan, Xiaoyong ^a   Zhang, Lei ^b   Zhao, Shaozhen ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND BLOOD DISEASES HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Connexin 43; Cytokeratin 3; Limbal stem cells; Mesenchymal cells; Np63

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; FEEDING; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMNIOTIC MEMBRANES; CELL/B.E; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOKERATIN 3; CYTOKERATINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; LIMBAL STEM CELL; MESENCHYMAL CELLS; NP63; STEM-CELL;

STEM CELLS;

CONNEXIN 43; CYTOKERATIN 3;

AMNION; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 75749156181     PISSN: 19326254     EISSN: 19327005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/term.216     Document Type: Article

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