title: Scanning electron microscopy of cornea re-epithelization after transplanted with bilayered corneal construct.
abstract: The present work was to determine the development and re-epithelization of bilayered corneal construct (BCC) in vitro and in vivo using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The in vitro BCC was transplanted to the rabbit's eye and after 90 days the BCC was harvested and analyzed. The corneas were processed for morphology studies. The result indicates that the BICC that was transplanted for 90 days showed good development and re-epithelization of epithelial layer similar to the normal cornea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Masrudin
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Ghafar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saidi
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Aminuddin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahmat
authors.forename: B H I
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Ruszymah
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Othman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003315:Cornea / Q000502:physiology*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000502:physiology*; D019573:Epithelium, Corneal / Q000502:physiology*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D011817:Rabbits; D013997:Time Factors; D023822:Tissue Engineering