Human corneal epithelial equivalents constructed on Bombyx mori silk fibroin membranes

Biomaterials

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 5086-5091

  Bray, Laura J ^a,b   George, Karina A ^a,b   Ainscough, S Louise ^a,b   Hutmacher, Dietmar W ^b   Chirila, Traian V ^a,b,c   Harkin, Damien G ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cornea; Epithelium; Fibroin; Silk; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTIC MEMBRANES; BOMBYX MORI; BOMBYX MORI SILK FIBROIN; CORNEA; EPITHELIUM; FIBROIN; HUMAN CORNEAL; PROGENITOR CELL; TISSUE CULTURE PLASTICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMALS; GLUCOSE; SILK; TISSUE; TISSUE CULTURE;

MEMBRANES;

BIOMATERIAL; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN; SILK FIBROIN;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM; STEM CELL; THICKNESS; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BOMBYX; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MATERIALS TESTING;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 79956148552     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.03.068     Document Type: Article

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