Cultivation and Characterization of Cornea Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells on Lens Capsule in Animal Material-Free Medium

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Albert, Réka ^a   Veréb, Zoltán ^a   Csomós, Krisztián ^a   Moe, Morten C ^b   Johnsen, Erik O ^b   Olstad, Ole Kristoffer ^b   Nicolaissen, Bjørn ^b   Rajnavölgyi, Éva ^a   Fésüs, László ^a   Berta, András ^a   Petrovski, Goran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED LEUKOCYTE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ALPHA9 INTEGRIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CD146 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL SURFACE MARKER; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CONCAVALIN A PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; JACALIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LECTIN; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; PROTEIN CK19; PROTEIN CK8; PROTEIN P63ALPHA; RICINUS COMMUNIS AGGLUTININ; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN; VIMENTIN; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; CELL CLONING; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPLANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS CAPSULE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SERUM; STEM CELL;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LIMBUS CORNEAE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84867314520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047187     Document Type: Article

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