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Propagation and phenotypic preservation of rabbit limbal epithelial cells on amniotic membrane.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Nov 2003
Wang Der-Yuan, Hsueh Yi-Jen, Yang Vivian C, Chen Jan-Kan
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PURPOSE: To describe the phenotypic characteristics of a limbal epithelial cell sheet outgrowth from a limbal explant cultured on amniotic membrane. METHOD: Immunofluorescent staining and confocal microscopy were used to examine the expressions of p63, Ki-67, keratins 3 and 14, connexin 43, and the integrin alpha6/beta4 and alpha3/beta1 subunits in corneal and limbal tissues in a limbal explant and epithelial...
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