Cross-linking of the dermo-epidermal junction of skin regenerating from keratinocyte autografts: Anchoring fibrils are a target for tissue transglutaminase

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1174-1184

  Raghunath, Michael ^a,d   Höpfner, Bianca ^d   Aeschlimann, Daniel ^c   Lüthi, Ursula ^a   Meuli, Martin ^b   Altermatt, Stefan ^b   Gobet, Rita ^b   Bruckner Tuderman, Leena ^d   Steinmann, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

burns; collagen VII; skin; transglutaminase; wound healing

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BURN; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE REGENERATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0029739002     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118901     Document Type: Article

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