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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
May. 18, 2020
Emmetrope Ophthalmics Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Goldberg, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Noelia J. Kunzevitzky, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Emmetrope Ophthalmics LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for the identification, isolation and/or enrichment of human corneal endothelial cells (HCECs). In some embodiments, the method comprises a positive selection process in which a cell population containing human corneal cells is contacted with a positive affinity reagent that selectively binds to HCECs relative to cells other than HCECs (e.g., corneal keratocytes, etc.) in the population and/or a negative selection process in which a cell population containing HCECs is contacted with a negative affinity reagent that selectively binds to cells other than HCECs in the population relative to HCECs. The present invention also provides reagents and kits for the identification, isolation and/or enrichment of HCECs as well as compositions that are enriched in HCECs.