Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Nanofiber Scaffolds and Ocular Surface Reconstruction

Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 609-619

  Holan, Vladimir ^a,b   Javorkova, Eliska ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cornea reconstruction; Immunosuppression; Limbal stem cells; Mesenchymal stem cells; Nanofiber scaffolds; Ocular surface injuries

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; NANOFIBER; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CORNEA DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NANOFIBERS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 84884814856     PISSN: 15508943     EISSN: 15586804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12015-013-9449-0     Document Type: Article

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