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Lens stem cells may reside outside the lens capsule: an hypothesis

In this paper, we consider the ocular lens in the context of contemporary developments in biological ideas. We attempt to reconcile lens biology with stem cell concepts and a dearth of lens tumors. Historically, the lens has been viewed as a closed system, in which cells at the periphery of the lens...

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Autores principales: Remington, Susann G, Meyer, Rita A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1914343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17559656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4682-4-22