Alginate encapsulated multipotent adult progenitor cells promote corneal stromal cell activation via release of soluble factors

• Olla Al-Jaibaji ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Olla Al-Jaibaji, Stephen Swioklo

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1185-1973

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• Stephen Swioklo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Olla Al-Jaibaji, Stephen Swioklo

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6494-6346

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• Kristel Gijbels ,

  Roles Resources

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation ReGenesys BVBA, Heverlee, Belgium

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• Bart Vaes ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation ReGenesys BVBA, Heverlee, Belgium

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• Francisco C. Figueiredo,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Che J. Connon

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Che.Connon@newcastle.ac.uk

  Affiliation Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8264-6531

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