The effect of long-term storage on the biological and histological properties of cryopreserved amniotic membrane

Current Eye Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-255

  Thomasen, H ^a   Pauklin, M ^a,b   Noelle, B ^c   Geerling, G ^d   Vetter, J ^e   Steven, P ^f   Steuhl, K P ^a   Meller, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Cryopreservation; Glycerol; Long term storage; Tissue banking

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; FIBRONECTIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; KALININ; LAMININ; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1;

AMNION; AMNION CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMNION; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOKINES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FUNGI; HUMANS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 79951822452     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2010.542267     Document Type: Article

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