Grafting of isolated allogeneic keratocytes in the treatment of experimental defects in the rabbit cornea.
Keratocytes isolated by enzymatic digestion from the rabbit cornea propria were suspended in rabbit plasma clot and then transplanted into deep, experimental defects of the allogeneic recipients cornea. This procedure resulted in improved healing and transparency of the cornea observed up to two years after operation.
D000818:Animals; D002469:Cell Separation; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000637:transplantation*; D003239:Connective Tissue Cells; D003315:Cornea / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous