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. 2021 Jan 12;8:567358. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.567358

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Schematic representation of the corneal limbal stem cell niche and some of its constituent elements (LESC, limbal epithelial stem cell; CSSC, corneal stromal stem cell; TAC, transient amplifying cell).