3D functional corneal stromal tissue equivalent based on corneal stromal stem cells and multi-layered silk film architecture

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Ghezzi, Chiara E ^a   Marelli, Benedetto ^a   Omenetto, Fiorenzo G ^a   Funderburgh, James L ^b   Kaplan, David L ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 3A1; KERATAN SULFATE; KERATOCAN; LUMICAN; MARKER; PROSTAGLANDIN D2 SYNTHASE; PROTEOGLYCAN; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE KINASE 4; SILK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BAYSILON; DIMETICONE;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TISSUE; CORNEAL STROMAL STEM CELL; CORNEAL STROMAL TISSUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; STEM CELL; TENSILE STRENGTH; UPREGULATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROMA CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEAL KERATOCYTES; CORNEAL STROMA; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PROTEOGLYCANS; SILK; STEM CELLS; STROMAL CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 85009981771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169504     Document Type: Article

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