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Functional reconstruction of rabbit corneal epithelium by human limbal cells cultured on amniotic membrane.
Molecular vision - 8 Dec 2003
Du Yiqin, Chen Jing, Funderburgh James L, Zhu Xiuan, Li Lingsong
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To investigate the phenotype of fetal and adult human limbal cells cultured on human amniotic membrane and the ability of cultured adult human limbal cells to repair limbal stem cell deficiency in a rabbit model. METHODS: Human adult and fetal limbal cells were isolated and cultured either on plastic plates or on human amniotic membrane. Connexin43, p63, and keratins 3 and 12 (K3 and K12) were detected...
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