Article
Identifying the origin of single corneal cells by DNA fingerprinting: part II-- application to limbal allografting.
Cornea - 1 May 2001
Henderson T R, Findlay I, Matthews P L, Noble B A
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Successful limbal allotransplantation allows regression of limbal stem cell deficiency features. Transplant survival is presumed if clinical improvement occurs. However, positive proof of surviving transplanted stem cells remains difficult. This follow-up study attempted to prove donor cell survival 5 years after limbal stem cell allograft in one woman with aniridia. METHODS: Impression cytology and...
Topics
- Aniridia
- Cell Transplantation
- DNA
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Epithelial Cells
- Epithelium, Corneal
- Female
- Graft Survival
- Humans
- Limbus Corneae
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Stem Cell Transplantation
- Stem Cells
- Tandem Repeat Sequences
- Tissue Donors
- Transplantation, Homologous