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. 2021 Oct 26;8(11):161. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering8110161

Table 1.

Cell types used in corneal tissue engineering.

Cell Type Abbreviation Healthy Phenotype Common Markers
Corneal Epithelial Cells CEpCs Inline graphic
Cobblestone Close Packed		 CK3
CK12
CK15
ALDH3A1
Cx43
Involucrin
p63
Corneal Stromal Cells CSCs Inline graphic
Dendritic		 Keratocan
Lumican
α-actinin
αSMA
ALDH1A1
ALDH3A1
Corneal Endothelial Cells CEnCs Inline graphic
Hexagonally Close Packed		 ZO-1
Na+/K+
ATPase
Adipose-tissue Derived Stem Cells ASCs graphic file with name bioengineering-08-00161-i004.jpg Ki67
p63
p40
CK3
Mesenchymal Stem Cells MSCs graphic file with name bioengineering-08-00161-i005.jpg CD13
CD29
CK3
CK8
CK12
Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells or Corneal Epithelial Stem Cells LESCs or CEpSCs graphic file with name bioengineering-08-00161-i006.jpg Ki67
p63
p40
CK3
ABCG2
CK19
EFGR
Integrin β1