Directed migration of corneal epithelial sheets in physiological electric fields

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 2548-2558

  Zhao, Min ^a   Agius Fernandez, Adriana ^b   Forrester, John V ^b   McCaig, Colin D ^a  

^a Marischal College   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cell sheet migration; corneal epithelial cells; electric fields; galvanotaxis; wound healing

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL MIGRATION; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; ELECTRIC FIELD; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEA; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030475763     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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