Isolation of adult progenitor cells with neuronal potential from rabbit corneal epithelial cells in serum- and feeder layer-free culture conditions

Molecular Vision

Volumn 16, Issue , 2010, Pages 1712-1719

  Mimura, Tatsuya ^a,b,c   Yamagami, Satoru ^d,e   Uchida, Saiko ^a   Yokoo, Seiichi ^a,e   Ono, Kyoko ^a   Usui, Tomohiko ^a   Amano, Shiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BROXURIDINE; CYTOKERATIN 12; CYTOKERATIN 3; LAMININ; MESSENGER RNA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NESTIN; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; POLYLYSINE; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; RABBITS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR;

EID: 77956949013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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