Aquaporin 1-positive stromal niche-like cells directly interact with N-cadherin-positive clusters in the basal limbal epithelium

Stem Cell Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-155

  Higa, Kazunari ^a,b   Kato, Naoko ^b   Yoshida, Satoru ^b   Ogawa, Yoko ^b   Shimazaki, Jun ^a,b   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,b   Shimmura, Shigeto ^a,b  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 1; CALCIUM; CD31 ANTIGEN; COLLAGENASE; DISPASE; MELAN A; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PODOPLANIN; PROTEIN P63; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SUSPENSION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBAL BASAL EPITHELIAL STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; STROMA CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AQUAPORIN 1; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; STEM CELL NICHE; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 84871821029     PISSN: 18735061     EISSN: 18767753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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