Comparative transcriptional profiling of the limbal epithelial crypt demonstrates its putative stem cell niche characteristics
(2010)
Journal Article
Kulkarni, B. B., Tighe, P. J., Mohammed, I., Yeung, A. M., Powe, D. G., Hopkinson, A., …Dua, H. S. (2010). Comparative transcriptional profiling of the limbal epithelial crypt demonstrates its putative stem cell niche characteristics. BMC Genomics, 11(1), Article 526. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-11-526
Background: 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 parallel or... Read More about Comparative transcriptional profiling of the limbal epithelial crypt demonstrates its putative stem cell niche characteristics.