Comparative analysis of the basement membrane composition of the human limbus epithelium and amniotic membrane epithelium

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 564-569

  Dietrich Ntoukas, Tina ^a,b   Hofmann Rummelt, Carmen ^a   Kruse, Friedrich E ^a   Schlötzer Schrehardt, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

amniotic membrane; basement membrane; corneal stem cells; extracellular matrix; limbus

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 15; COLLAGEN TYPE 16; COLLAGEN TYPE 17; COLLAGEN TYPE 18; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; ENDOSTATIN; ENTACTIN; FIBRILLIN 2; FIBRONECTIN; FIBULIN; LAMININ; LAMININ GAMMA1; MATRILIN 3; OSTEONECTIN; PERLECAN; TENASCIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; DONOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL NICHE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNION; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; STEM CELLS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84859994414     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3182254b78     Document Type: Article

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