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ArticleScientific reports2020

Cell jamming, stratification and p63 expression in cultivated human corneal epithelial cell sheets.

Koichi Baba, Kei Sasaki, Mio Morita, Tomoyo Tanaka, Yosuke Teranishi, Takahiro Ogasawara, Yoshinori Oie, Izumi Kusumi, Masukazu Inoie, Ken-Ichiro Hata and 3 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Koichi BabaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2  Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Kei SasakiDepartment of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Mio MoritaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2  Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Tomoyo TanakaJapan Tissue Engineering Co., Ltd, 6-209-1 Miyakitadori, Gamagori, Aichi, 443-0022, Japan.
Yosuke TeranishiJapan Tissue Engineering Co., Ltd, 6-209-1 Miyakitadori, Gamagori, Aichi, 443-0022, Japan.
Takahiro OgasawaraJapan Tissue Engineering Co., Ltd, 6-209-1 Miyakitadori, Gamagori, Aichi, 443-0022, Japan.
Yoshinori OieDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2  Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Izumi KusumiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2  Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Masukazu InoieJapan Tissue Engineering Co., Ltd, 6-209-1 Miyakitadori, Gamagori, Aichi, 443-0022, Japan.
Ken-Ichiro HataJapan Tissue Engineering Co., Ltd, 6-209-1 Miyakitadori, Gamagori, Aichi, 443-0022, Japan.
Andrew J QuantockStructural Biophysics Group, School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Maindy Road, Cardiff, Wales, CF24 4HQ, United Kingdom.
Masahiro Kino-OkaDepartment of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Kohji NishidaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2  Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan. knishida@ophthal.med.osaka-u.ac.jp.
Osaka University · JPCardiff University · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Corneal limbal epithelial stem cell transplantation using cultivated human corneal epithelial cell sheets has been used successfully to treat limbal stem cell deficiencies. Here we report an investigation into the quality of cultivated human corneal epithelial cell sheets using time-lapse imaging of the cell culture process every 20 minutes over 14 days to ascertain the level of cell jamming, a phenomenon in which cells become smaller, more rounded and less actively expansive. In parallel, we also assessed the expression of p63, an important corneal epithelial stem cell marker. The occurrence of cell jamming was variable and transient, but was invariably associated with a thickening and stratification of the cell sheet. p63 was present in all expanding cell sheets in the first 9 days of culture, but it's presence did not always correlate with stratification of the cell sheet. Nor did p63 expression necessarily persist in stratified cell sheets. An assessment of cell jamming, therefore, can shed significant light on the quality and regenerative potential of cultivated human corneal epithelial cell sheets.

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Stem Cell Transplantation3T3 CellsAnimalsBiomedical EngineeringCell DifferentiationCell LineCell ProliferationCorneal DiseasesEpithelial CellsEpithelium, CornealFemaleHumansLimbus CorneaeMaleMembrane ProteinsMiceCKAP4 protein, humanMembrane Proteins

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PMID32518325
PMCPMC7283219
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