keywords BINDING CORNEAL EPITHELIAL-CELLS Cell & Tissue Engineering Cell Biology Collagen Corneal Epithelium DELIVERY Dendrimers Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) HB-EGF HYDROGELS Heparin-Binding Epidermal Growth Factor (HB-EGF) IMMOBILIZED VEGF IN-VITRO Life Sciences & Biomedicine MIGRATION SCAFFOLDS SURFACES Science & Technology Tissue Engineered Corneal Equivalents (TECE)