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Assessment of freestanding membranes prepared from Antheraea pernyi silk fibroin as a potential vehicle for corneal epithelial cell transplantation.
Biomedical materials (Bristol, England) - 1 Apr 2014
Hogerheyde Thomas A, Suzuki Shuko, Stephenson Sally A, Richardson Neil A, Chirila Traian V, Harkin Damien G, Bray Laura J
Abstract excerpt
Freestanding membranes created from Bombyx mori silk fibroin (BMSF) offer a potential vehicle for corneal cell transplantation since they are transparent and support the growth of human corneal epithelial (HCE) cells. Fibroin derived from the wild silkworm Antheraea pernyi (APSF) might provide a superior material by virtue of containing putative cell-attachment sites that are absent from BMSF. Thus we have...
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