Molecular responses of human dermal fibroblasts to dual cues: Contact guidance and mechanical load

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Mudera, Vivek C ^a   Pleass, R ^b   Eastwood, M ^c   Tarnuzzer, R ^d   Schultz, G ^d   Khaw, P ^b   McGrouther, D A ^a   Brown, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen gel; Contact guidance; Fibroblasts; Mechanical load; MMP; Quantitative RT PCR; TIMP

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; GELATINASE A; MESSENGER RNA; STROMELYSIN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2;

ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 1; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 3; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-2;

EID: 0033987971     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(200001)45:1<1::AID-CM1>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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