Optimization of Corneal Epithelial Progenitor Cell Growth on Bombyx mori Silk Fibroin Membranes

Figure 6

Fluorescent microscopy for p63 in HLE cells cultured on BMSF films in the presence of SHEM (a, b) or DMEM (c, d). Strong immunoreactivity (IR) for p63 was detected in all samples cultured for 7 d (a, c) or 14 d (b, d), regardless of the media used. No significant evidence of IR for p63 was detected in samples where primary antibody was omitted ((c), insert). Bar = 30 µM.

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