[Experimental study on regenerative capacity and form of corneal endothelial cells in the primate].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the regenerative capacity and form of the corneal endothelial cells of the primate.


METHODS
Chromosome, HE stainings and autoradiography were made for the cornea of human and monkey.


RESULTS
After trauma, corneal endothelial cells of the adult monkey in vivo showed regenerative power. The regenerative form of corneal endothelial cells of the adult, infant and fetal primate was amitosis under both physiologic and pathologic conditions.


CONCLUSIONS
The corneal endothelial cells of the primate have regenerative power, and the form is amitosis.
Tang
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Department of Ophthalmology, the Medical College of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632.
Li
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Xu
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D002455:Cell Division; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000502:physiology*; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008938:Mitosis; D012038:Regeneration