Regenerative approaches as alternatives to donor allografting for restoration of corneal function

Ocular Surface

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 170-183

  Griffith, May ^a   Polisetti, Naresh ^a   Kuffova, Lucia ^b   Gallar, Juana ^c   Forrester, John ^b   Vemuganti, Geeta K ^d   Fuchsluger, Thomas Armin ^d,e  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^e HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomaterial scaffolds; Corneal transplantation; Keratoprostheses; Regeneration; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

NANOCOMPOSITE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ALLOGRAFT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; CELL REGENERATION; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EPITHELIZATION; GLAUCOMA; GROWTH; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATOPROSTHESIS; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FORMATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REINNERVATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; THAWING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WATER CONTENT; DONOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW;

CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; REGENERATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TISSUE DONORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84865371811     PISSN: 15420124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtos.2012.04.004     Document Type: Review

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