C. Hanna, J. O'Brien
Oct 1, 1960
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Archives of ophthalmology
Abstract
Tritium-labeled thymidine is used in the study of cellular desoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis. Thymidine is incorporated into DNA during the premitotic coupling stage of a new cell and this process normally leads to cell division. Once the labeled thymidine is incorporated into the nucleus it is retained in a polymerized form which undergoes very slow turnover throughout the life of the nucleus. This radioactive label can be qualitatively located and semiquantitatively studied by means of high resolution autoradiographic stripping-film techniques. This method was used to study the proliferation and the subsequent history of the epithelial cells of the cornea of the eye. Earlier studies on the growth activity of the corneal epithelium have been summarized by Buschke, Friedenwald, and Fleischmann.1While earlier authors indicated that the growth activity of the epithelium was slow2unless the cornea was injured, the above authors1in studies on rats, found that