Spheroid cultures promote the stemness of corneal stromal cells

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-48

  Li, Hongyang ^a,b   Dai, Ying ^c   Shu, Jianchang ^b   Yu, Rongjie ^c   Guo, Yonglong ^c   Chen, Jiansu ^a,c,d  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (China)

^c JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Corneal stromal cells; Reprogramming protein; Simulated microgravity culture; Spheroid culture; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLCELLULOSE; NESTIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; VALPROIC ACID; VIMENTIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NANOG PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA CELL; DNA SEQUENCE; MOUSE; NEW ZEALAND WHITE (RABBIT); NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CORNEA STROMA; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; RABBIT;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD34; CORNEAL STROMA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MICE; NESTIN; RABBITS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; VIMENTIN;

EID: 84924001229     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: 15323072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2014.10.008     Document Type: Article

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