Critical appraisal of Ex Vivo expansion of human limbal epithelial stem cells

Current Molecular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 841-850

  Tseng, S C G ^a   Chen, S Y ^a   Shen, Y C ^b   Chen, W L ^b   Hu, F R ^b  

^a OCULAR SURFACE CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epithelium; Ex vivo expansion; Limbal stem cell deficiency; Limbus; Ocular surface; Reconstruction; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FATE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL RENEWAL; EX VIVO STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIMBAL EPITHELIAL STEM CELL; MICROENVIRONMENT; STEM CELL;

ADULT STEM CELLS; AMNION; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 78651289159     PISSN: 15665240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156652410793937796     Document Type: Article

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