Keratinocyte growth factor accelerates corneal epithelial wound healing in vivo.

Existence of slow-cycling limbal epithelial basal cells that can be preferentially stimulated to proliferate: Implications on epithelial stem cells

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Lineage Plasticity, Developmental Biology, Cell Division +8

Differentiation-related expression of a major 64K corneal keratin in vivo and in culture suggests limbal location of corneal epithelial stem cells.

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Differentiation-related Expression, Corneal Keratin, Developmental Biology +14

Human KGF is FGF-Related with Properties of a Paracrine Effector of Epithelial Cell Growth

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Human Growth, Cell Proliferation, Dermatology +18

Purification and characterization of a newly identified growth factor specific for epithelial cells.

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Developmental Biology, Growth Factor Specific, Tumor Microenvironment +15

Large induction of keratinocyte growth factor expression in the dermis during wound healing.

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Pathology, Dermatology, Basic Fgf +20