Release of mechanical tension triggers apoptosis of human fibroblasts in a model of regressing granulation tissue

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 608-619

  Grinnell, Frederick ^a   Zhu, Meifang ^a   Carlson, Mark A ^a   Abrams, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Mechanical tension; Wound repair

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION;

EID: 0033134111     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1999.4440     Document Type: Article

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