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Editorial
. 2015;10(1):1-4.
doi: 10.2217/rme.14.66.

Restoring the cornea from limbal stem cells

Markus H Frank  1 , Natasha Y Frank
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Editorial

Restoring the cornea from limbal stem cells

Markus H Frank et al. Regen Med. 2015.

Abstract

“…in light of the result that ABCB5 helps to amplify a PAX6-positive limbal stem cell population … it will now be important to test whether ABCB5 selection could also enhance the conversion of skin epithelial stem cells to corneal epithelial stem cells.”

Keywords: ABCB5; KRT12; PAX6; adult stem cell; cornea; corneal epithelial stem cells; knockout mouse; limbal stem cell deficiency; limbal stem cells; limbus; skin; stem cell therapy; transplantation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Financial & competing interests disclosure

The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.

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