Isolation of microvascular endothelial cells from cadaveric corneal limbus

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 131, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-28

  Gillies, Peter J ^a,b   Bray, Laura J ^a,b,c   Richardson, Neil A ^a,b   Chirila, Traian V ^a,b,d,e   Harkin, Damien G ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

CD; CD31 PECAM 1; Cell culture; Corneal limbus; DMEM; ECM; F12; FBS; HBS; HUVEC; L MVEC; LDL; MACS; Magnetic assisted cell sorting (MACS); Microvascular endothelial cells; PBS; PECAM 1; Von Willebrand factor (vWF); VWF

Indexed keywords

ACETYL LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; THROMBOMODULIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ACETYLATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIAL CELL; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA STROMA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MAGNETIC ASSISTED CELL SORTING; MALE; PRIMARY CULTURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MICROVASCULATURE; PROCEDURES; VASCULARIZATION;

CADAVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICROVESSELS;

EID: 84919884342     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2014.12.008     Document Type: Article

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