In Vitro Cultivation of Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells on Surface-Modified Crosslinked Collagen Scaffolds

Table 3

Properties of RHC I, CLP-12 EDC, and CLP DMTMM hydrogels, with HAM and the human cornea serving as control.

Properties	HAM	RHC I	CLP-12 EDC	CLP-12	CLP-18	Human cornea
Water content (%)			[28]			78 [39]
Refractive index	1.33	1.35	1.34 [27]	1.35	1.35	1.37-1.38 [40]
Transmission at 490 nm (%)			[28]			[41]
Apparent permeability () (cm/sec)						NA