Human keratinocytes migrate to the negative pole in direct current electric fields comparable to those measured in mammalian wounds

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 199-207

  Nishimura, Karen Y ^a   Isseroff, R Rivkah ^a   Nucciteili, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric field; Galvanotaxis; Keratinocyte; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MAMMALS;

CAVIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030060308     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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