Challenges to the study of asymmetric cell division in corneal and limbal epithelia

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-9

  Castro Muñozledo, Federico ^a   Gómez Flores, Eber ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell division; Corneal epithelium; Limbal cells; Niche; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; ENDOSTATIN; KERATIN; LAMININ ALPHA2; MOLECULAR MARKER; TENASCIN; THROMBOSPONDIN; THROMBOSPONDIN 1;

CELL COMPOSITION; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; DATA ANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM BASAL CELL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; STRATIFIED SAMPLE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 78650544439     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.11.002     Document Type: Review

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