Cultivation of corneal endothelial cells on a pericellular matrix prepared from human decidua-derived mesenchymal cells.

Cultivation of corneal endothelial cells on a pericellular matrix prepared from human decidua-derived mesenchymal cells.

The barrier and pump functions of the corneal endothelium are essential for the maintenance of corneal transparency. Although corneal transplantation is the only current therapy for treating corneal endothelial dysfunction, the potential of tissue-engineering techniques to provide highly efficient a...

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Main Authors: Ryohei Numata, Naoki Okumura, Makiko Nakahara, Morio Ueno, Shigeru Kinoshita, Daisuke Kanematsu, Yonehiro Kanemura, Yoshiki Sasai, Noriko Koizumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3914933?pdf=render

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