Descemet Membrane Versus Amniotic Membrane for Limbal Stem Cell Therapy
DM promotes LESC stemness better than AM in ex vivo culture and can support stratified corneal epithelium. DM is also a more transparent and potentially durable epithelial scaffold than AM. DM is a promising new alternative to AM for limbal stem cell therapy.
Authors
- Peter Bedard
- Sung Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9852-6999)
- Heidi Roehrich
- Joshua H. Hou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6620-8061)
- Ching Yuan
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Minnesota Lions Eye Bank (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cornea
- Published
- 2025-12-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ico.0000000000004073
- Primary Topic
- Corneal Surgery and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00