PAX6 expression identifies progenitor cells for corneal keratocytes

Abstract
Keratocytes of the corneal stroma produce a transparent extracellular matrix required for vision. During wound‐healing and in vitro, keratocytes proliferate, becoming fibroblastic, and lose biosynthe...
Funding Information
  • National Institutes of Health (EY09368, EY013806, EY003263, 30‐EY08098)
  • Research to Prevent Blindness
  • Eye and Ear Foundation of Pittsburgh