Isolation, culture, characterization and optimization of human corneal stem cells

Biocell

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-55

  Sharifi, Ali M ^a,b   Darabi, Radbod ^b   Jadidi, Khosrow ^c  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Human EGF; Limbal stem cells; Limbal stem cells deffiency (LSCD); Mouse EGF

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN K3; PROTEIN P63; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; STEM CELL; ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77953695974     PISSN: 03279545     EISSN: 16675746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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