Effects of explant size on epithelial outgrowth, thickness, stratification, ultrastructure and phenotype of cultured limbal epithelial cells

• O. A. Utheim ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: outheim@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Medical Biochemistry, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Norwegian Dry Eye Clinic, Oslo, Norway

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0097-4070

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• L. Pasovic,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

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• S. Raeder,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Norwegian Dry Eye Clinic, Oslo, Norway

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• J. R. Eidet,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Biochemistry, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Department of Ophthalmology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

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• I. G. Fostad,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

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• A. Sehic,

  Roles Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Maxillofacial surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

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• B. Roald,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

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• M. F. de la Paz,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut Universitari Barraquer, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• T. Lyberg,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

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• D. A. Dartt,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Schepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• T. P. Utheim

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Biochemistry, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Norwegian Dry Eye Clinic, Oslo, Norway, Department of Ophthalmology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Maxillofacial surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Department of Ophthalmology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Ophthalmology, Soerlandet Hospital Arendal, Arendal, Norway, Department of Ophthalmology, Drammen Hospital, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Drammen, Norway, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of Southeast Norway, Kongsberg, Norway

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