Human corneal basal epithelial cells express an embryonic stem cell marker OCT4

Current Eye Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 978-985

  Zhou, Shi You ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^b,c   Baradaran, Ebrahimi ^b   Chuck, Roy S ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal epithelium; OCT4; POU5F1

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4;

ARTICLE; CELL RENEWAL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINOMA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 77958503613     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2010.516465     Document Type: Article

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