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Functional lacrimal gland regeneration by transplantation of a bioengineered organ germ

The lacrimal gland has a multifaceted role in maintaining a homeostatic microenvironment for a healthy ocular surface via tear secretion. Dry-eye disease, which is caused by lacrimal gland dysfunction, is one of the most prevalent eye diseases that cause corneal epithelial damage and results in sign...

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Autores principales: Hirayama, Masatoshi, Ogawa, Miho, Oshima, Masamitsu, Sekine, Yurie, Ishida, Kentaro, Yamashita, Kentaro, Ikeda, Kazutaka, Shimmura, Shigeto, Kawakita, Tetsuya, Tsubota, Kazuo, Tsuji, Takashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Pub. Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3806342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24084941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3497