Ex vivo expansion of corneal stem cells on amniotic membrane and their outcome

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 305-309

  Tsai, Ray Jui Fang ^a   Tsai, Ryan Yao Nien ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Ex vivo expansion; Limbal stem cells; Niche

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; BROXURIDINE; CELL MARKER; CYTOKERATIN 12; CYTOKERATIN 3; PROTEIN P63;

AMNION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORNEA CELL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; EX VIVO STUDY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL EXPANSION; STEM CELL NICHE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMNION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEA; CORNEAL OPACITY; HUMANS; KERATINS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MICE; MICE, NUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 77957574238     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181efff40     Document Type: Article

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