Serial block-face scanning electron microscopy reveals neuronal-epithelial cell fusion in the mouse cornea

Justin A. Courson; Ian Smith; Thao Do; Paul T. Landry; Aubrey Hargrave; Ali R. Behzad; Sam D. Hanlon; Rolando E. Rumbaut; C. Wayne Smith; Alan R. Burns

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0224434

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Serial block-face scanning electron microscopy reveals neuronal-epithelial cell fusion in the mouse cornea

Justin A. Courson ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: JACourso@central.uh.edu

Affiliation University of Houston, College of Optometry, Houston, TX, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1036-097X

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Ian Smith,

Roles Visualization

Affiliation University of Houston, College of Optometry, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Thao Do,

Roles Visualization

Affiliation University of Houston, College of Optometry, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Paul T. Landry,

Roles Methodology, Visualization

Affiliation University of Houston, College of Optometry, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Aubrey Hargrave,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation University of Houston, College of Optometry, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Ali R. Behzad,

Roles Methodology, Validation

Affiliation King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Core Labs, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Sam D. Hanlon,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation University of Houston, College of Optometry, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Rolando E. Rumbaut,

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Baylor College of Medicine, Children’s Nutrition Center, Houston, TX, United States of America, Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CTRID), Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
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C. Wayne Smith,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine, Children’s Nutrition Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Alan R. Burns

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University of Houston, College of Optometry, Houston, TX, United States of America, Baylor College of Medicine, Children’s Nutrition Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Serial block-face scanning electron microscopy reveals neuronal-epithelial cell fusion in the mouse cornea

Justin A. Courson,
Ian Smith,
Thao Do,
Paul T. Landry,
Aubrey Hargrave,
Ali R. Behzad,
Sam D. Hanlon,
Rolando E. Rumbaut,
C. Wayne Smith,
Alan R. Burns

Published: November 13, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224434

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