Corneal and conjunctival epithelia arise from a common ancestral ectoderm cell, then
diverge into distinct lineages. The former develops into a multilayered stratified squamous …

Keratins are the forming units of intermediate filaments (IF) that provide mechanical support,
and formation of desmosomes between cells and hemi desmosomes with basement …

Human limbal epithelial cells (HLE) and corneal stromal stem cells (CSSC) reside in close
proximity in vivo in the corneal limbal stem cell niche. However, HLE are typically cultured in …

Purpose We have previously identified specific epithelial proteins with altered expression in
human diabetic central corneas. Decreased hepatocyte growth factor receptor (c-met) and …

The aim of this work was to evaluate semi-synthetic biopolymers based on chitosan (CH)
and gelatin (G) as potential in vitro carrier substrata for human limbal epithelial cells …

Goblet cells are terminally differentiated cells secreting mucins and antibacterial peptides
that play an important role in maintaining the health of the cornea. In corneal stem cell …

A simple, reproducible, animal-material free method for cultivating and characterizing
cornea limbal epithelial stem cells (LESCs) on human lens capsule (LC) was developed for …

The alpha-carboxy terminus 1 (αCT1) peptide is a synthetically produced mimetic modified
from the DDLEI C-terminus sequence of connexin 43 (Cx43). Previous research using …

Limbal epithelial stem cells (LESCs) are responsible for the renewal of corneal epithelium.
Cultivated limbal epithelial transplantation is the current treatment of choice for restoring the …

Vimentin (Vim), a cytoskeletal intermediate filament, is part of a naturally occurring reversible
program, the Epithelial‐Mesenchymal Transition (EMT), which converts epithelial cells into …