Ocular epithelial transplantation: Current uses and future potential

Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 767-782

  Mason, Sharon L ^a   Stewart, Rosalind Mk ^a   Kearns, Victoria R ^a   Williams, Rachel L ^a   Sheridan, Carl M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conjunctiva; epithelium; eye; limbus; ocular; progenitor; regeneration; retinal pigment epithelium; stem cells; transplantation

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CELL MARKER; CYTOKERATIN 15; INTEGRIN; PROTEIN P63;

ADULT STEM CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OCULAR FIBROSIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; RETINA DETACHMENT; REVIEW; STEM CELL EXPANSION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; VITREORETINOPATHY;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EYE; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 82955161669     PISSN: 17460751     EISSN: 1746076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/rme.11.94     Document Type: Review

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