Angiogenesis potential of human limbal stromal niche cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3357-3367

  Li, Gui Gang ^a,b   Chen, Szu Yu ^b   Xie, Hua Tao ^b,c   Zhu, Ying Ting ^b   Tseng, Scheffer C G ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b OCULAR SURFACE CENTER   (United States)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALVASCULIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; MATRIGEL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PLASTIC; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P63; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MYOFIBROBLAST; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINDLE CELL; STEM CELL EXPANSION; STEM CELL NICHE; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-BETA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; KERATIN-15; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; STEM CELL NICHE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861967765     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-9414     Document Type: Article

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