The β-catenin/Tcf4/survivin signaling maintains a less differentiated phenotype and high proliferative capacity of human corneal epithelial progenitor cells

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 751-759

  Lu, Rong ^a,b   Bian, Fang ^a,c   Zhang, Xiaobo ^a,d   Qi, Hong ^a,e   Chuang, Eliseu Y ^a   Pflugfelder, Stephen C ^a   Li, De Quan ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Catenin; Adult stem cell; Corneal epithelium; Stem cell niche; Survivin; Tcf4

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CALCIUM; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SURVIVIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY FORMING CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT STEM CELLS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BETA CATENIN; CALCIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79953200739     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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