Elevated interleukin-6 expression in keloid fibroblasts

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-77

  Xue, Hui ^a,b   McCauley, Robert L ^a,b   Zhang, Wenru ^a,b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibroblasts; Interferon ; Interleukin 6; Keloids

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KELOID; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA;

EID: 0034006707     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1999.5805     Document Type: Article

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