Interleukin-13 increases the stemness of limbal epithelial stem cells cultures.

This study aimed to determine the effect of interleukin-13 (IL13) on the stemness, differentiation, proliferation, clonogenicity, and morphology of cultured limbal epithelial cells (LECs). Human limbal explants were used to culture LECs up to the second passage (P0-P2) with or without IL13 (IL13+ an...

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Main Authors: Peter Trosan, Joao Victor Cabral, Ingrida Smeringaiova, Pavel Studeny, Katerina Jirsova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272081