Overexpression of activin A in the skin of transgenic mice reveals new activities of activin in epidermal morphogenesis, dermal fibrosis and wound repair

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 5205-5215

  Munz, Barbara ^a,g   Smola, Hans ^b   Engelhardt, Felix ^a,c   Bleuel, Kerstin ^a   Brauchle, Maria ^a,h   Lein, Iris ^a   Evans, Lee W ^d   Huylebroeck, Danny ^e   Balling, Rudi ^f   Werner, Sabine ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Klin Poliklinik Dermatol Venerol   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^f INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Activin; Epidermis; Granulation tissue; Keratinocyte; Wound

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; FIBRONECTIN; KERATIN; TENASCIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; EPIDERMIS; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOLOGY; KERATINOCYTE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN FIBROSIS; TAIL; TRANSGENE; WOUND HEALING;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EPIDERMIS; FIBRONECTINS; INHIBINS; KERATINOCYTES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MORPHOGENESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN; TENASCIN; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033214191     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.19.5205     Document Type: Article

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