Platelet Recruitment Promotes Keratocyte Repopulation following Corneal Epithelial Abrasion in the Mouse

Fong W. Lam; Jenny Phillips; Paul Landry; Sri Magadi; C. Wayne Smith; Rolando E. Rumbaut; Alan R. Burns

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118950

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Platelet Recruitment Promotes Keratocyte Repopulation following Corneal Epithelial Abrasion in the Mouse

Fong W. Lam ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fong W. Lam, Jenny Phillips

Affiliations Baylor College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, Section of Leukocyte Biology, 1100 Bates, CNRC 6058, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States of America, Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Blvd., MS 151, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States of America
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Jenny Phillips ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fong W. Lam, Jenny Phillips

Affiliations University of Houston College of Optometry, 505 J Davis Armistead Bldg, Houston, Texas, 77204, United States of America, University of Wisconsin, Department of Pathology, 1300 University Ave., Room 6550, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706-1532, United States of America
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Paul Landry,

Affiliation University of Houston College of Optometry, 505 J Davis Armistead Bldg, Houston, Texas, 77204, United States of America
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Sri Magadi,

Affiliation University of Houston College of Optometry, 505 J Davis Armistead Bldg, Houston, Texas, 77204, United States of America
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C. Wayne Smith,

Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, Section of Leukocyte Biology, 1100 Bates, CNRC 6058, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States of America
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Rolando E. Rumbaut,

Affiliations Baylor College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, Section of Leukocyte Biology, 1100 Bates, CNRC 6058, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States of America, Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Blvd., MS 151, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States of America
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Alan R. Burns

* E-mail: aburns@optometry.uh.edu

Affiliations Baylor College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, Section of Leukocyte Biology, 1100 Bates, CNRC 6058, Houston, Texas, 77030, United States of America, University of Houston College of Optometry, 505 J Davis Armistead Bldg, Houston, Texas, 77204, United States of America
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Platelet Recruitment Promotes Keratocyte Repopulation following Corneal Epithelial Abrasion in the Mouse

Fong W. Lam,
Jenny Phillips,
Paul Landry,
Sri Magadi,
C. Wayne Smith,
Rolando E. Rumbaut,
Alan R. Burns

Published: March 16, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118950

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