Publications

Sonja Harjuntausta et al.

(2026)

— Sci Rep

Exploring the impact of human pluripotent stem cell heterogeneity on corneal limbal stem cell differentiation outcomes

Se-jeong Kim et al.

(2025)

— Adv Healthcare Mater

A Bioengineered Model of the Human Cornea for Preclinical Assessment of Human Ocular Exposure to Environmental Toxicants

Michael J. Edel et al.

(2025)

— Stem Cells Dev

An Optimized Method to Produce Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Limbal Stem Cells Easily Adaptable for Clinical Use

Hyun Jung Lee et al.

(2025)

— Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci

Characterization of LGR5 as a Definitive and Functional Marker for Human Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells

Maija Kauppila et al.

(2025)

— Acta Biomaterialia

Compartmentalized 3D bioprinting of the limbal niche with distinct hPSC-LSC subpopulations for corneal disease modeling

Masato Nakagawa et al.

(2025)

— Sci Rep

MDM4 enables efficient human iPS cell generation from PBMCs using synthetic RNAs

Paula Puistola et al.

(2025)

— Bioprinting

Multi-material 3D bioprinting of human stem cells to engineer complex human corneal structures with stroma and epithelium

Rei Kamuro et al.

(2025)

— Commun Biol

PAX6-dependent differentiation landscape of ocular surface epithelium via single-cell RNA sequencing in hiPSC-derived ocular developmental organoid

Hokoru Yoshioka et al.

(2025)

— Investig Ophthalmol & Visual Sci

Retinoic Acid Receptor Alpha- and Beta-Mediated Signaling Regulates Conjunctival Epithelial Cell Keratinization

Krzysztof Pietryga et al.

(2024)

— Sci Rep

Bio-printing method as a novel approach to obtain a fibrin scaffold settled by limbal epithelial cells for corneal regeneration

Canwei Zhang et al.

(2024)

— Life Med

Deciphering the dynamic single-cell transcriptional landscape in the ocular surface ectoderm differentiation system

Yuki Takezawa et al.

(2024)

— Exp Eye Res

Experimental interventions attenuate a conjunctival epidermal metaplasia model

Kathryn C. Davidson et al.

(2024)

— Sci Rep

Single nuclei transcriptomics of the in situ human limbal stem cell niche

Maija Kauppila et al.

(2024)

— Ocular Surface

Whole mount immunofluorescence analysis of fresh and stored human donor corneas highlights changes in limbal characteristics during storage

Berbang Meshko et al.

(2023)

— Cells

ABCB5+ Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells Inhibit Developmental but Promote Inflammatory (Lymph) Angiogenesis While Preventing Corneal Inflammation

Naresh Polisetti et al.

(2023)

— Int J Mol Sci

Efficient Isolation and Expansion of Limbal Melanocytes for Tissue Engineering

Masahiro Kitao et al.

(2023)

— iScience

Identification of BST2 as a conjunctival epithelial stem/progenitor cell marker

Naresh Polisetti et al.

(2023)

— MDPI Cells

PAX6 Expression Patterns in the Adult Human Limbal Stem Cell Niche

Thomas Volatier et al.

(2023)

— Biol

Short-Term UVB Irradiation Leads to Persistent DNA Damage in Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells, Partially Reversed by DNA Repairing Enzymes

Maija Kauppila et al.

(2023)

— Adv Healthcare Mater

Toward Corneal Limbus In Vitro Model: Regulation of hPSC-LSC Phenotype by Matrix Stiffness and Topography During Cell Differentiation Process

Alice Rocha Teixeira Netto et al.

(2023)

— Methods Protoc

Two Methods for the Isolation and Cultivation of Porcine Primary Corneal Cells

Tarek Bayyoud et al.

(2022)

— Graefe's Archive Clin Exp Ophthalmol

Absence of detectable SARS-CoV-2 replication in ex vivo cultured cornea and cornea-derived epithelial cells

Gabriele Saccu et al.

(2022)

— Cells

Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Promote Corneal Wound Repair by Regulating Inflammation and Angiogenesis

M. Domdey et al.

(2022)

— Stem Cell Res

Consecutive dosing of UVB irradiation induces loss of ABCB5 expression and activation of EMT and fibrosis proteins in limbal epithelial cells similar to pterygium epithelium

Ryuhei Hayashi et al.

(2022)

— Nature

Generation of 3D lacrimal gland organoids from human pluripotent stem cells

Shen Li et al.

(2022)

— Int J Mol Sci

Identification, Isolation, and Characterization of Melanocyte Precursor Cells in the Human Limbal Stroma

Manuel Chac�n et al.

(2022)

— Bioelectrochemistry

Impedance-based non-invasive assay for ocular damage prediction on in vitro 3D reconstructed human corneal epithelium

Maija Kauppila et al.

(2022)

— nano select

Multi-parametric surface plasmon resonance-based intake quantification of label-free light-activated nanoparticles by therapeutic limbal stem cells for corneal blindness

Naresh Polisetti et al.

(2022)

— Cells

P-Cadherin Is Expressed by Epithelial Progenitor Cells and Melanocytes in the Human Corneal Limbus

Naresh Polisetti et al.

(2022)

— Cells

Transcriptomic Landscape and Functional Characterization of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Limbal Epithelial Progenitor Cells

Meri Vattulainen et al.

(2021)

— Stem Cell Res & Ther

Corneal epithelial differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells generates ABCB5+ and ∆Np63α+ cells cells with limbal cell characteristics and high wound healing capacity

Nihal Kaplan et al.

(2021)

— FASEB J

Eph signaling is regulated by miRNA-210: Implications for corneal epithelial repair

Kimihito Nomi et al.

(2021)

— Cell Rep

Generation of functional conjunctival epithelium, including goblet cells, from human iPSCs

Shinya Watanabe et al.

(2021)

— iScience

Human iPS cells engender corneal epithelial stem cells with holoclone-forming capabilities

Changbin Sun et al.

(2021)

— Cell & Bioscience

Time-course single-cell RNA sequencing reveals transcriptional dynamics and heterogeneity of limbal stem cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells

Pattama Ekpo et al.

(2020)

— PLoS One

Characterization of limbal explant sites: Optimization of stem cell outgrowth in in vitro culture

Junyi Wang et al.

(2020)

— Adv Ther

HDL Nanoparticles Have Wound Healing and Anti-Inflammatory Properties and Can Topically Deliver miRNAs

Naresh Polisetti et al.

(2020)

— Sci Rep

Isolation and enrichment of melanocytes from human corneal limbus using CD117 (c-Kit) as selection marker

Yuki Kobayashi et al.

(2020)

— Stem Cell Res

Ocular Surface Ectoderm Instigated by WNT inhibition and BMP4

Mayumi Ueta et al.

(2020)

— Sci Rep

Regulation of gene expression by miRNA-455-3p, upregulated in the conjunctival epithelium of patients with Stevens-Johnson syndrome in the chronic stage

Rozaliya Hristova et al.

(2020)

— J Int Translational Med

Treatment of limbal stem cell deficiency in the setting of neurotrophic keratopathy

Michel Haagdorens et al.

(2019)

— Stem Cells Int

In Vitro Cultivation of Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells on Surface-Modified Crosslinked Collagen Scaffolds

Meri Vattulainen et al.

(2019)

— Stem Cell Res & Ther

Modulation of Wnt/BMP pathways during corneal differentiation of hPSC maintains ABCG2-positive LSC population that demonstrates increased regenerative potential

Jeongyun Seo et al.

(2019)

— Nat Med

Multiscale reverse engineering of the human ocular surface

Shun Shibata et al.

(2019)

— Regenerative Ther

The secretome of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells attenuates epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human corneal epithelium

Peng Xu et al.

(2018)

— Translational Vision Sci & Technol

A New in Vitro Model of GDLD by Knocking Out TACSTD2 and Its Paralogous Gene EpCAM in Human Corneal Epithelial Cells

Anni Sorkio et al.

(2018)

— Biomaterials

Human stem cell based corneal tissue mimicking structures using laser-assisted 3D bioprinting and functional bioinks

Shun Shibata et al.

(2018)

— Cell Rep

Selective Laminin-Directed Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells into Distinct Ocular Lineages

Ryuhei Hayashi et al.

(2017)

— Nat Protoc

Coordinated generation of multiple ocular-like cell lineages and fabrication of functional corneal epithelial cell sheets from human iPS cells

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