Open AccessLong‐Term Maintenance of Limbal Epithelial Progenitor Cells Using Rho Kinase Inhibitor and Keratinocyte Growth Factor
Author(s) -
Miyashita Hideyuki,
Yokoo Seiichi,
Yoshida Satoru,
Kawakita Tetsuya,
Yamagami Satoru,
Tsubota Kazuo,
Shimmura Shigeto
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
stem cells translational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.781
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 2157-6580
pISSN - 2157-6564
DOI - 10.5966/sctm.2012-0156
Subject(s) - progenitor cell , keratinocyte growth factor , microbiology and biotechnology , term (time) , keratinocyte , kinase , progenitor , chemistry , stem cell , biology , growth factor , cell culture , biochemistry , physics , genetics , receptor , quantum mechanics
This study developed a limbal epithelium‐like structure that could be maintained for at least 5 months in vitro.