Ex vivo expanded autologous limbal epithelial cells on amniotic membrane using a culture medium with human serum as single supplement

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Shahdadfar, Aboulghassem ^a   Haug, Kristiane ^a   Pathak, Meeta ^a   Drolsum, Liv ^a   Olstad, Ole Kristoffer ^a   Johnsen, Erik O ^a   Petrovski, Goran ^b   Moe, Morten C ^a   Nicolaissen, Bjørn ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cornea; Explant culture; Human serum; Limbal epithelium; Limbal stem cell deficiency; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 12; CYTOKERATIN 3; PROTEIN P63; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; KRT12 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SERUM ALBUMIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TP63 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMNION; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL CLONE; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMBAL EPITHELIAL CELL; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; STEM CELL EXPANSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; STEM CELL;

AMNION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-12; LIMBUS CORNEAE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM ALBUMIN; STEM CELLS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84859498440     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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