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Tag: conjunctiva

New Paper Published – Is exposure to ECM enough to cause epithelial transdifferentiation?

New paper from Tiago Ramos demonstrating conjunctiva and corneal plasticity when exposed to cell-derived matrix.

#laminin #ECM #cornea #conjunctiva

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2 New papers out – Comprehensive reviews of conjunctival ECM and replacement strategies

“The conjunctival extracellular matrix, related disorders and development of substrates for conjunctival restoration” and “Biological tissues and components, and synthetic substrates for conjunctival cell transplantation” published in The Ocular Surface – links to download.

Basement Membrane, conjunctiva, disease, ECM, publication

New paper out – the road to conjunctival happiness

Overview of our paper:

Mass Spectrometry Reveals α-2-HS-Glycoprotein as a Key Early Extracellular Matrix Protein for Conjunctival Cells

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