Techniques for culture and assessment of limbal stem cell grafts

Ocular Surface

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 146-153

  Di Iorio, Enzo ^a   Ferrari, Stefano ^a   Fasolo, Adriano ^a   Böhm, Elisabetta ^b   Ponzin, Diego ^a   Barbaro, Vanessa ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile SS Giovanni e Paolo   (Italy)

^b Unità Operativa di Oculistica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corneal regeneration; Culture methods; Good manufacturing practice; Impression cytology; Keratin; Limbal stem cell deficiency; Limbal stem cell grafts; Mucin; Q FIHC assay; Regenerative medicine; Stem cell therapy

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 12; ENDOTOXIN; MUCIN 1;

ADULT; CELL ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 77957322499     PISSN: 15420124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1542-0124(12)70225-2     Document Type: Review

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