ID   TKE2
AC   CVCL_AR53
DR   ECACC; 11033107
DR   Wikidata; Q54972590
RX   PubMed=18318692;
RX   PubMed=19593795;
CC   Characteristics: Progenitor cell isolated from the basal layer of the limbal epithelium.
CC   Characteristics: Has applications in the cell biology of corneal epithelial cells, toxicity, and differentiation (ECACC=11033107).
CC   Characteristics: Can be induced to differentiate into stratified epithelium on increasing the calcium concentration and addition of FBS (ECACC=11033107).
CC   Doubling time: 34.2 hours (PubMed=18318692).
CC   Derived from site: In situ; Eye, cornea, epithelium; UBERON=UBERON_0001772.
CC   Cell type: Epithelial cell of cornea; CL=CL_0000575.
CC   Breed/subspecies: CD-1.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=10090; ! Mus musculus (Mouse)
SX   Female
CA   Spontaneously immortalized cell line
DT   Created: 02-05-16; Last updated: 29-06-23; Version: 5
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RX   PubMed=19593795; DOI=10.1002/stem.174; PMCID=PMC2846104;
RA   Wang, Hua
RA   Tao, Tao
RA   Tang, Jing
RA   Mao, Yi-Hui
RA   Li, Wei
RA   Peng, Juan
RA   Tan, Gang
RA   Zhou, Yue-Ping
RA   Zhong, Jing-Xiang
RA   Tseng, Scheffer C.G.
RA   Kawakita, Tetsuya
RA   Zhao, Yong-Xiang
RA   Liu, Zu-Guo
RT   "Importin 13 serves as a potential marker for corneal epithelial
RT   progenitor cells.";
RL   Stem Cells 27:2516-2526(2009).
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RX   PubMed=18318692; DOI=10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00297.x; PMCID=PMC3225011;
RA   Kawakita, Tetsuya
RA   Shimmura, Shigeto
RA   Hornia, Armand
RA   Higa, Kazunari
RA   Tseng, Scheffer C.G.
RT   "Stratified epithelial sheets engineered from a single adult murine
RT   corneal/limbal progenitor cell.";
RL   J. Cell. Mol. Med. 12:1303-1316(2008).
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