The limbus is a transition from the cornea to conjunctiva and sclera. In human eyes, this thin
strip has a rich variation of tissue structures and composition, typifying a change from scleral …

The limbus is a narrow band of tissue that encircles the cornea, the transparent 'window'into
the eye. The outermost layer of the cornea is the epithelium, which is necessary for clear …

The ocular surface consists of two distinct types of epithelial cells; conjunctival and corneal.
Although anatomically continuous, these epithelia comprise two distinct cell populations …

Purpose.: To investigate morphologic changes of the corneoscleral limbus in glaucoma
patients using laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) and impression cytology (IC) …

In recent years, it has become generally accepted that the corneal epithelial stem cells are
localized in the basal cell layer of the limbal epithelium. However, a number of questions …

OBJECTIVE: To study and characterize the epithelial cells in patients with a central “island”
of normal epithelial cells surrounded with 360° of clinically apparent limbal stem cell (SC) …

Cumulative reported evidence indicates that some fraction of limbal basal epithelial cells are
the stem cells for corneal epithelial cell proliferation and differentiation. Limbal epithelium is …

Among all adult somatic stem cells, those of the corneal epithelium are unique in their
exclusive location in a defined limbal structure termed Palisades of Vogt. As a result …

The corneal epithelium serves to protect the underlying cornea from the external
environment and is essential for corneal transparency and optimal visual function …

In the human cornea, regeneration of the epithelium is regulated by the stem cell reservoir of
the limbus, which is the marginal region of the cornea representing the anatomical and …