Stimulation of the chemotactic migration of human fibroblasts by transforming growth factor β

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 251-256

  Postlethwaite, Arnold E ^a,b   Keski Oja, Jorma ^c   Moses, Harold L ^c   Kang, Andrew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CHEMOTAXIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PURIFICATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM;

BLOOD PLATELETS; CHEMOTAXIS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLASTS; HUMAN; PEPTIDES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0023104031     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.165.1.251     Document Type: Article

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