Stromal Tissue Rigidity Promotes Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Mediated Corneal Wound Healing Through the Transforming Growth Factor β Signaling Pathway

Stem Cells

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2525-2535

  Yang, Yun Hsiang ^a,c   Hsieh, Ting Lieh ^b   Ji, Andrea Tung Qian ^b   Hsu, Wei Tse ^b   Liu, Chia Yu ^b   Lee, Oscar Kuang Sheng ^d,e   Ho, Jennifer Hui Chun ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI TZU CHI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corneal stroma; Matrix rigidity; Mesenchymal stem cells; Transforming growth factor ; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; COLLAGENASE 3; GELATINASE A; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEAL TISSUE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EPITHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIGIDITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; VITREOUS BODY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84990858716     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: 15494918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.2405     Document Type: Article

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