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Thymosin ß4 promotes human conjunctival epithelial cell migration

Gabriel Sosne, Saif Hafeez, Albert L. Greenberry, Michelle Kurpakus‐Wheater

Current Eye Research · 2002 · 55 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

Tbeta4 stimulates in vitro conjunctival epithelial cell migration, and results in altered focal adhesion formation and increased extracellular laminin-5 deposition. The increased migration may be correlated with increased production of laminin-5.

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