Wnt/β-catenin signaling regulates proliferation of human cornea epithelial stem/progenitor cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4734-4741

  Nakatsu, Martin N ^a   Ding, Zhenhua ^a   Ng, Madelena Y ^a   Truong, Thuy T ^a   Yu, Fei ^b   Deng, Sophie X ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 12; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P63; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT10A PROTEIN; WNT11 PROTEIN; WNT16 PROTEIN; WNT2 PROTEIN; WNT3 PROTEIN; WNT6 PROTEIN; WNT7A PROTEIN; WNT7B PROTEIN; RNA; WNT10A PROTEIN, HUMAN; WNT11 PROTEIN, HUMAN; WNT6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; WNT7A PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; UPREGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGED; BETA CATENIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBUS CORNEAE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; WNT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052375565     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6486     Document Type: Article

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