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Oral epithelial cells transplanted on to corneal surface tend to adapt to the ocular phenotype.
Indian journal of ophthalmology - 1 May 2014
Gaddipati Subhash, Muralidhar R, Sangwan Virender S, Mariappan Indumathi, Vemuganti Geeta K, Balasubramanian Dorairajan
Abstract excerpt
To understand the response of oral epithelial cells, transplanted on corneal surface to the ocular cues in vivo. The corneal button obtained after penetrating keratoplasty (PK) of an eye of a patient with total limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD), previously treated with cultured oral mucosal epithelial transplantation (COMET) was examined by immunohistochemistry for the expression of keratins, p63, p75, PAX6,...
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