Decellularized Human Stromal Lenticules Combine with Corneal Epithelial-Like Cells: A New Resource for Corneal Tissue Engineering

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The induction process is shown (a). Quantitative real-time PCR for the amplification of epithelial cell markers and pluripotency markers in induced pluripotent stem cell cultures in group A, group B, and group C (4 days, 11 days, and 22 days, b–g). All three groups exhibit increased expression of P63 but decreased expression of ABCG2, c-MYC, and NANOG. The relative gene expression of CK3, CK12, ABCG2, and c-MYC was significantly different among the three groups (paired -test; , , and ).

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