Ex vivo expansion of limbal stem cells is affected by substrate properties

Stem Cell Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 403-409

  Jones, Roanne R ^a   Hamley, Ian W ^a   Connon, Che J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CYTOKERATIN 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEM CELL; STEM CELL EXPANSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-3; PHENOTYPE; SHEAR STRENGTH; STEM CELLS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84862826212     PISSN: 18735061     EISSN: 18767753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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