Culture & characterisation of limbal epithelial cells & oral mucosal cells

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 422-428

  Krishnan, Sasirekha ^a   Iyer, Geetha Krishnan ^a   Krishnakumar, Subramanian ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Bilateral limbal stem cell deficiency; Corneal stem cell markers; Limbal stem cell markers; Mucin; Oral mucosa; p63 isoforms

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 1; BETA DEFENSIN 2; BETA DEFENSIN 3; BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 3; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUCIN 1; MUCIN 16; MUCIN 4; PROTEIN P63; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOSA CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 77949661870     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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