Increasing Donor Endothelial Cell Pool by Culturing Cells from Discarded Pieces of Human Donor Corneas for Regenerative Treatments

Purpose. To investigate if the peripheral corneal endothelium that is usually discarded after a corneal transplant could be used for endothelial cell culture. Methods. Donor corneas (n = 19) with a mean age of 72 years, male : female ratio of 15 : 4, and death-to-preservation time of 10 hours were a...

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Main Authors: Mohit Parekh, Vito Romano, Alessandro Ruzza, Stephen B. Kaye, Diego Ponzin, Sajjad Ahmad, Stefano Ferrari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Ophthalmology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2525384
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