Review Article

Safety of Cultivated Limbal Epithelial Stem Cell Transplantation for Human Corneal Regeneration

Table 1

Culture techniques of the included trial reports.

AuthorYearEyes
transplanted (n)
Autologous/allogeneicScaffold3T3
(yes/no)
SerumDuration of culture (days)Animal-free culture conditionsGMP conditions

Sangwan et al. [5]200678AutologousHAMNoFBS or AS10–14NoNo
Nakamura et al. [28]20069Allogenic (), autologous ()HAMYes (allo), no (auto)AS15-16YesNo
Ang et al. [25]20071AllogenicHAMYesFSUp to 28NoNo
Fatima et al. [6]20071AutologousHAMNoASApprox 14NoNo
Kawashima et al. [29]20076Autologous (), allogenic ()HAMYesFS or ASApprox 21NoNo
Shimazaki et al. [30]200727Autologous (), allogenic ()HAMNo (), yes ()ASApprox 14–21NoNo
Shortt et al. [31]200810Autologous (), allogenic ()HAMNoFS14–21NoYes
Satake et al. [7]20091AutologousHAMYesAS14NoNo
Di Girolamo et al. [8]20092AutologousSilixane hydrogel CLNoAS10YesNo
Meller et al. [26]20091AllogenicHAMNoASXNoNo
Pauklin et al. [32]201044Autologous
(), allogenic
()
HAMNoASApprox 14NoNo
Kolli et al. [9]20108AutologousHAMNoAS10–14YesYes
Gisoldi et al. [10]20106AutologousFibrinYesX14–16 daysNoYes
Di Iorio et al. [11]2010166AutologousFibrinYesFBSXNoYes
Thanos et al. [12]20101AutologousHAMNoASXNoNo
Rama et al. [13]2010107AutologousFibrinYesFBS14–16NoYes
Baradaran-Rafii et al. [14]20108AutologousHAM (denuded)NoFBS10–14NoNo
Sangwan et al. [15]2011200AutologousHAMNoAS10–14YesNo
Sharma et al. [33]201150Autologous
(), allogenic
()
HAMNoFBS21NoNo
Basu et al. [16]201250AutologousHAMNoAS10–14YesNo
Prabhasawat et al. [4]201219Autologous
(), allogenic
()
HAM denudedNoAS15–23XNo
Pellegrini et al. [24]2013157AutologousFibrinYesFBSApprox 15NoYes
Sejpal et al. [17]2013107AutologousHAMNoFBS or AS10–14NoNo
Pathak et al. [18]20139AutologousHAMNoAS14–21YesNo
Qi et al. [27]201342AllogenicHAMYesFBSXNoNo
Subramaniam et al. [19]201340AutologousHAMNoAS10–15NoNo
Sharma et al. [20]20134AutologousHAMNoFBS14NoNo
Vazirani et al. [21]201470AutologousHAMNoFBS or AS10–14NoNo
Zakaria et al. [35]201418Autologous
(), allogenic
()
HAMNoAS14YesYes
Ramírez et al. [36]201520Autologous
(), allogenic
()
HAMNoFBS7–14YesYes
Bobba et al. [22]20157AutologousSilixane hydrogel CLNoAS9–16YesNo
Pedrotti et al. [23]201513AutologousFibrinYesFBSApprox 14NoNo

AS: autologous serum; FBS: fetal bovine serum; CL: contact lens; HAM: human amniotic membrane; 3T3: 3T3 feeder layer; GMP: good manufacturing practice; Approx: approximately.