Concise review: Limbal epithelial stem cells: Role of the niche microenvironment

Stem Cells

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 100-107

  Ordonez, Paula ^a   Di Girolamo, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cornea; Extracellular matrix; Integrins; Stem cell microenvironment interactions

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; INTEGRIN RECEPTOR; SCLEROPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; INTEGRIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SEPARATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CORNEA LIMBUS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIMBAL EPITHELIAL STEM CELL; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STEM CELL; VISION; ANIMAL; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL NICHE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84856082805     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.794     Document Type: Review

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