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Morphological characteristics of the limbal epithelial crypt.

Shanmuganathan VA, Foster T, Kulkarni BB, Hopkinson A, Gray T, Powe DG, Lowe J, Dua HS.

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Characterization of putative stem cell phenotype in human limbal epithelia.

Chen Z, de Paiva CS, Luo L, Kretzer FL, Pflugfelder SC, Li DQ.

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Limbal epithelial crypt: a model for corneal epithelial maintenance and novel limbal regional variations.

Yeung AM, Schlötzer-Schrehardt U, Kulkarni B, Tint NL, Hopkinson A, Dua HS.

Arch Ophthalmol. 2008 May;126(5):665-9.PMID: 18474777 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Infant limbus: an immunohistological study.

Yeung AM, Tint NL, Kulkarni BB, Mohammed I, Suleman H, Hopkinson A, Dua HS.

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Acute wound healing in the human central corneal epithelium appears to be independent of limbal stem cell influence.

Chang CY, Green CR, McGhee CN, Sherwin T.

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Functional reconstruction of rabbit corneal epithelium by human limbal cells cultured on amniotic membrane.

Du Y, Chen J, Funderburgh JL, Zhu X, Li L.

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High expression of p63 combined with a large N/C ratio defines a subset of human limbal epithelial cells: implications on epithelial stem cells.

Arpitha P, Prajna NV, Srinivasan M, Muthukkaruppan V.

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2005 Oct;46(10):3631-6.PMID: 16186343 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Gap junctional communication in microinjected human limbal and peripheral corneal epithelial cells cultured on intact amniotic membrane.

Hernandez Galindo EE, Theiss C, Steuhl KP, Meller D.

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Epithelial cell characteristics of cultured human limbal explants.

Joseph A, Powell-Richards AO, Shanmuganathan VA, Dua HS.

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Characterization of extracellular matrix components in the limbal epithelial stem cell compartment.

Schlötzer-Schrehardt U, Dietrich T, Saito K, Sorokin L, Sasaki T, Paulsson M, Kruse FE.

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Cell cycle protein expression and proliferative status in human corneal cells.

Joyce NC, Meklir B, Joyce SJ, Zieske JD.

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1996 Mar;37(4):645-55.PMID: 8595965 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A subset of human limbal epithelial cells with greater nucleus-to-cytoplasm ratio expressing high levels of p63 possesses slow-cycling property.

Arpitha P, Prajna NV, Srinivasan M, Muthukkaruppan V.

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Limbal epithelial crypts: a novel anatomical structure and a putative limbal stem cell niche.

Dua HS, Shanmuganathan VA, Powell-Richards AO, Tighe PJ, Joseph A.

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Comparison of cell-suspension and explant culture of rabbit limbal epithelial cells.

Zhang X, Sun H, Tang X, Ji J, Li X, Sun J, Ma Z, Yuan J, Han ZC.

Exp Eye Res. 2005 Feb;80(2):227-33.PMID: 15670801 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nerve growth factor and its receptor TrkA serve as potential markers for human corneal epithelial progenitor cells.

Qi H, Li DQ, Shine HD, Chen Z, Yoon KC, Jones DB, Pflugfelder SC.

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Connexin 43 expression and proliferation of human limbal epithelium on intact and denuded amniotic membrane.

Grueterich M, Espana E, Tseng SC.

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2002 Jan;43(1):63-71.PMID: 11773014 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Gap junction protein connexin 43 serves as a negative marker for a stem cell-containing population of human limbal epithelial cells.

Chen Z, Evans WH, Pflugfelder SC, Li DQ.

Stem Cells. 2006 May;24(5):1265-73. Epub 2006 Jan 19.PMID: 16424398 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Characterization of the limbal epithelial stem cell niche: novel imaging techniques permit in vivo observation and targeted biopsy of limbal epithelial stem cells.

Shortt AJ, Secker GA, Munro PM, Khaw PT, Tuft SJ, Daniels JT.

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Stromal niche controls the plasticity of limbal and corneal epithelial differentiation in a rabbit model of recombined tissue.

Espana EM, Kawakita T, Romano A, Di Pascuale M, Smiddy R, Liu CY, Tseng SC.

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Phenotypic study of a case with successful transplantation of ex vivo expanded human limbal epithelium for unilateral total limbal stem cell deficiency.

Grueterich M, Espana EM, Touhami A, Ti SE, Tseng SC.

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