Since stem cells have been found to be isolated at the peripheral /
limbal region of the epithelium [7 - 9], this study also investigates cell division potential in central and peripheral endothelial tissue.
However, we have found a fluorescent marker for nestin, a neural crest stem cell marker, in the posterior
limbal region of the human anterior segment in the vicinity of both the trabecular meshwork and Schwalbe's line (unpublished).
In this report, no telomerase activity in
the limbal region from Schwalbe's line to the trabecular meshwork was detected.