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SUBMITTER: Fan NW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6584522 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fan Nai-Wen NW Ho Tsung-Chuan TC Wu Cheng-Wen CW Tsao Yeou-Ping YP
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine 20190508 7
Expansion of limbal epithelial stem cells (LSCs) is crucial for the success of limbal transplantation. Previous studies showed that pigment epithelium-derived peptide (PEDF) short peptide 44-mer could effectively expand LSCs and maintain them in a stem-cell state, but the mechanism remained unclear. In the current study, we found that pharmacological inhibition of Sonic Hedgehog (SHh) activity reduced the LSC holoclone number and suppressed LSC proliferation in response to 44-mer. In mice subjec ...[more]