Effects of fibroblast origin and phenotype on the proliferative potential of limbal epithelial progenitor cells

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-19

  Ainscough, S Louise ^a,b   Linn, May L ^a   Barnard, Zeke ^a,b   Schwab, Ivan R ^b,c   Harkin, Damien G ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Co culture; Fibroblasts; Limbal epithelial cells; Limbal stem cell deficiency; Limbus; Myofibroblasts; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADAPALENE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN DELTA; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P63; THY 1 ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORNEA; CORNEA LIMBUS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCLERA; STEM CELL; TISSUE CULTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WOUND HEALING;

ANTIGENS, THY-1; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CORNEA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; PHENOTYPE; SCLERA; STEM CELLS; STROMAL CELLS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 78650541971     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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