Comparative transcriptional profiling of the limbal epithelial crypt demonstrates its putative stem cell niche characteristics

Comparative transcriptional profiling of the limbal epithelial crypt demonstrates its putative stem cell niche characteristics

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Limbal epithelial crypt (LEC) is a solid cord of cells, approximately 120 microns long. It arises from the undersurface of interpalisade rete ridges of the limbal palisades of Vogt and extends deeper into the limbal stroma parall...

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Main Authors: Shanmuganathan Vijay A, Hopkinson Andrew, Powe Desmond G, Yeung Aaron M, Mohammed Imran, Tighe Patrick J, Kulkarni Bina B, Dua Harminder S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-09-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/526

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