Scleroderma fibroblast phenotype is modulated by endothelial cell co-culture

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 633-638

  Denton, Christopher P ^b   Shiwen, Xu ^b   Welsh, Kenneth I ^b   Pearson, Jeremy D ^b   Black, Carol M ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Co culture; Endothelial cell; Fibroblast; Scleroderma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, VIRAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLLAGEN; DNA REPLICATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; THYMIDINE;

EID: 0029881290     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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