Concise review: Identifying limbal stem cells: Classical concepts and new challenges

Stem Cells Translational Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 318-322

  Joe, Aaron W ^a   Yeung, Sonia N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cornea; Limbus; Stem cells; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DNA SYNTHESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; STEM CELL CULTURE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

CORNEA; LIMBUS; STEM CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL SEPARATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; KERATINS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84896271246     PISSN: 21576564     EISSN: 21576580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5966/sctm.2013-0137     Document Type: Article

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