Published January 1, 2008 | Version v1
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Development of a Reconstructed Cornea from Collagen-Chondroitin Sulfate Foams and Human Cell Cultures

  • 1. Middle E Tech Univ, BIOMAT, Dept Biol Sci, Biotechnol Res Unit, TR-06531 Ankara, Turkey
  • 2. Hosp Civils Lyon, Lyon, France
  • 3. Leiter Hornhautbank, Klin & Poliklin Augenheilkunde, Kopf & Hautzentrum, Hamburg, Germany
  • 4. Osped Civile Venezia, Veneto Eye Bank Fdn, Venice, Italy
  • 5. Univ Lyon, CNRS, Inst Biol & Chim Prot, Lyon, France

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PURPOSE. To develop an artificial cornea, the ability to coculture the different cell types present in the cornea is essential. Here the goal was to develop a full-thickness artificial cornea using an optimized collagen-chondroitin sulfate foam, with a thickness close to that of human cornea, by coculturing human corneal epithelial and stromal cells and transfected human endothelial cells.

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