Table 1 Surface phenotype of human limbal and corneal epithelia.
From: CD38 and CD157 Ectoenzymes Mark Cell Subsets in the Human Corneal Limbus
Markers | Corneal epithelia | Limbal epithelia | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Basal | Suprabasal | Basal | Suprabasala | |
CD38 | −b | − | − | +++c |
CD157 | − | − | +++ | +/−d |
p63 | +/− | − | ++e | +f |
CK19 | − | − | ++ | +/− |
CK3/12 | ++ | ++ | − | + |
Cx43 | ++ | + | − | + |