The effect of riboflavin-UV-A treatment on corneal limbal epithelial cells-a study on human cadaver eyes

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1052-1059

  Vimalin, Jeyalatha ^a   Gupta, Nidhi ^b   Jambulingam, Malathi ^a   Padmanabhan, Prema ^b   Madhavan, Hajib N ^a  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

collagen cross linking; limbal protection; limbal stem cell; riboflavin UV A

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; RIBOFLAVIN;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEAL BIOPSY; DRUG EFFECT; ENUCLEATION; EYEBALL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOFLAVIN; STEM CELLS; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84865485159     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3182498902     Document Type: Article

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