Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Human Corneal Limbal Stroma

2012164 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Matthew J. Branch · Queen's Medical Centre

Khurram Hashmani

Permesh Singh Dhillon

David Jones

Harminder S. Dua

Andrew Hopkinson

Abstract

Herein we report a novel observation that PLCSCs conform to all the ISCT criteria and are therefore MSCs. Furthermore, this study has identified the limbal stroma as yet another MSC niche and presents a new perspective on the role of the PLCSC.

Topics & Keywords

Corneal Surgery and Treatments Mesenchymal stem cell research Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments

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Publication Details

Published in: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Volume 53, Issue 9, pp. 5109-5109

DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8673

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