Human corneal endothelial cell expansion for corneal endothelium transplantation: An overview

Transplantation

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 811-819

  Peh, Gary S L ^a   Beuerman, Roger W ^a,b,c,d   Colman, Alan ^e   Tan, Donald T ^a,c,f   Mehta, Jodhbir S ^a,c,f  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^e INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^f SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biologic carrier; Cell culture; Corneal transplantation; Human corneal endothelial cells; Keratoplasty surgery; Ophthalmology

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATOPLASTY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; TISSUE DONORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954956679     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182111f01     Document Type: Review

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