Isolation and Expansion of Human Limbal Stromal Niche Cells
Author(s) -
Hua-Tao Xie,
SzuYu Chen,
Guigang Li,
Scheffer C.G. Tseng
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.11-8441
Subject(s) - matrigel , dispase , fetal bovine serum , sox2 , biology , stromal cell , microbiology and biotechnology , homeobox protein nanog , trypsinization , stem cell , embryonic stem cell , mesenchymal stem cell , chemistry , collagenase , cell , induced pluripotent stem cell , cancer research , biochemistry , trypsin , gene , enzyme
Limbal stromal niche cells heterogeneously express embryonic stem cell (SC) markers. This study was conducted to isolate and expand them and to prove that their phenotype is critical for supporting SCs.
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