A new isolation method of human limbal progenitor cells by maintaining close association with their niche cells

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 537-548

  Chen, Szu Yu ^a   Hayashida, Yasutaka ^b   Chen, Mei Yun ^c   Xie, Hua Tao ^a   Tseng, Scheffer C G ^a  

^a TISSUETECH INC   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CELL CULTURE; FEEDING; FIBROBLASTS; MAINTENANCE; STEM CELLS;

AMNIOTIC MEMBRANES; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLONAL GROWTH; COLLAGENASE; HUMAN CORNEAL; ISOLATED CLUSTER; MESENCHYMAL CELLS; MICROENVIRONMENTS; PROGENITOR CELL; SINGLE CELLS; VIMENTIN;

TISSUE;

COLLAGENASE; DISPASE; KERATIN; PROTEINASE; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CLONE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CORNEA LIMBUS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; STROMA CELL;

3T3 CELLS; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SIZE; CLONE CELLS; COLLAGENASES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; KERATINS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS; STROMAL CELLS; VIMENTIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955364430     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2010.0609     Document Type: Article

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