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Changes in corneal basal epithelial phenotypes in an altered basement membrane.
PloS one - 14 Jan 2011
Wang I-Jong, Tsai Ray Jui-Fang, Yeh Lung-Kun, Tsai Ryan Yao-Nien, Hu Fung-Rong, Kao Winston W Y
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BACKGROUND: To examine the corneal epithelial phenotype in an altered basement membrane. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Corneas from 9 patients with symptoms of continuous unstable corneal curvature (CUCC) were harvested by penetrating keratoplasty and subjected to histology examination and immunohistochemical staining with transactivating and N-terminally truncated pP63 transcript (ΔNp63), cytokeratin 3 (Krt3),...
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