An investigation of donor and culture parameters which influence epithelial outgrowths from cultured human cadaveric limbal explants

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 228, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1025-1030

  Baylis, Oliver ^a,b,c   Rooney, Paul ^d   Figueiredo, Francisco ^a,b,c   Lako, Majlinda ^b,c   Ahmad, Sajjad ^a,b,c,e,f  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENUCLEATION; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; TISSUE GROWTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNION; CADAVER; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; STEM CELLS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84873821779     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24249     Document Type: Article

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