Hypoxia is a key regulator of limbal epithelial stem cell growth and differentiation

Stem Cell Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 349-360

  Bath, Chris ^a,b   Yang, Sufang ^b,d   Muttuvelu, Danson ^a   Fink, Trine ^b   Emmersen, Jeppe ^b   Vorum, Henrik ^a   Hjortdal, Jesper ^c   Zachar, Vladimir ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; PROTEIN P63;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CORNEA LIMBUS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; LIMBAL EPITHELIAL STEM CELL; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEEDER CELLS; HUMANS; KERATIN-3; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84874578849     PISSN: 18735061     EISSN: 18767753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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