In vitro reconstruction and characterization of tissue-engineered human corneal epithelium with seeder cells from an untransfected human corneal epithelial cell line

International Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-285

  Xu, Bin ^a   Fan, Ting Jun ^a   Yang, Hong Shou ^a,b   Sun, Ai ^a,b   Zhao, Jun ^a   Ma, Xi Ya ^a   Hu, Xiu Zhong ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Qingdao Zhonghao Corneal Tissue Engineering Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Denuded amniotic membrane; In vitro reconstruction; Tissue engineered human corneal epithelium; Untransfected human corneal epithelial cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894532392     PISSN: 22223959     EISSN: 22274898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2012.03.06     Document Type: Article

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