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. 2021 Aug 12;16(9):871–891. doi: 10.2217/rme-2020-0202

Table 5. . Corneal endothelial cell culture media.

Media type Study Basal media Supplement Special supplement Ref.
Proliferation media Parekh et al. Ham's F-12 and M199 5% FBS,
20 μg/ml AA,
1% ITS,
10 ng/ml FGF2,
1% penicillin-streptomycin
10 μM ROCK inhibitor (Y-27632) [45]
  Peh et al.
Wahlig et al.
Ham's F-12 and M199 5% FBS,
20 μg/ml AA,
1% ITS,
10 ng/ml FBF2,
1% antibiotic/antimycotic
10 μM ROCK inhibitor (Y-27632) [11,55,72,73]
  Okumura et al.
Kinoshita et al.
Opti-MEM-I 8% FBS,
5 ng/ml EGF,
20 μg/ml AA,
200 mg/l calcium chloride,
0.08% chondroitin sulfate,
50 μg/ml gentamicin
10 μM ROCK inhibitor (Y-27632) [12,30]
  Bartakova et al. Opti-MEM-I 8% FBS,
0.5 mM AA,
200 mg/l calcium chloride,
5 ng/ml EGF,
50 μg/ml gentamicin,
1% antibiotic/antimycotic
100 μg/ml bovine pituitary extract, 20 ng/ml NGF [57]
Maintenance media Bartakova et al. Human endothelial-SFM 4% FBS,
50 μg/ml gentamicin,
1% antibiotic/antimycotic
  [57]
  Peh et al.
Wahlig et al.
Human endothelial-SFM 5% FBS,
1% antibiotic/antimycotic
  [72,73]

AA: Ascorbic acid; FBS: Fetal bovine serum; SFM: Serum-free media.