Frizzled 7 maintains the undifferentiated state of human limbal stem/progenitor cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 938-945

  Mei, Hua ^a   Nakatsu, Martin N ^a   Baclagon, Elfren R ^a   Deng, Sophie X ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Frizzled; Limbal stem cell deficiency; Limbal stem cells; Niche factor; Wnt signaling pathway

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 12; CYTOKERATIN 14; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN FRIZZLED 7; PROTEIN P63; PROTEIN P63ALPHA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CADHERIN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; FZD7 PROTEIN, HUMAN; KRT14 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SECTM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TP63 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLONY FORMING CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; YOUNG ADULT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CADHERINS; FEMALE; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; KERATIN-14; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84896348363     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: 15494918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.1582     Document Type: Article

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