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Preservation of the limbal stem cell phenotype by appropriate culture techniques.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Feb 2010
Meyer-Blazejewska Ewa Anna, Kruse Friedrich E, Bitterer Katrin, Meyer Christian, Hofmann-Rummelt Carmen, Wünsch Peter H, Schlötzer-Schrehardt Ursula
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PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of several culture variables on clonal growth and differentiation of limbal stem cells ex vivo and provide an improved culture technique that supports preferential expansion and preservation of stem cells for therapeutic applications. METHODS: Corneal epithelial stem cells were isolated from human limbal specimens and clonally expanded on a 3T3 feeder layer, followed by...
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