Epithelial ingrowth cells after LASIK/ALTK (automated lamellar therapeutic keratoplasty): are they corneal epithelial stem cells?

Michael Nicolas, Hana Abouzeid, Manuel Deprez, Farhad Hafezi, Francis L Munier, Zsolt Varga, François Majo
2012 British Journal of Ophthalmology  
ABCG2, anti-Bmi-1, anti-p63 a and anti-C/EBP d suggest stem cell characteristics of the EI cells (positive control and limbal region, OM 203 and EI OM 403). Nicolas M, Abouzeid H, Deprez M, et al. Br J Ophthalmol (2012).
doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-301135 pmid:22493038 fatcat:ygmcqu6qvng3fjktmuvqsi52le