title: Cultivated limbal epithelial transplantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide an updated literature review on the status of cultivated limbal (corneal) epithelial transplantation. Cultivated limbal stem-cell transplantation recently received regulatory approval. We provide a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The current article reviews and highlights recent developments in the field of cultivated limbal stem-cell transplantation as retrieved from a literature search for the last year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The implications of clinical/research findings in terms of transplanted cell source and cultivation methods in limbal stem-cell transplantation are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: aCornea and Ocular Surface Disease Unit, Eye Repair Lab, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy bUniversity of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rama
authors.forename: Giulio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: Graziella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pellegrini
mesh_terms: D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000637:transplantation; D019573:Epithelium, Corneal / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D016850:Limbus Corneae / Q000166:cytology*; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous