Telomerase expression restores dermal integrity to in vitro-aged fibroblasts in a reconstituted skin model

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 270-278

  Funk, Walter D ^a   Wang, C Kathy ^c   Shelton, Dawne N ^a   Harley, Calvin B ^a   Pagon, Garrett D ^c   Hoeffler, Warren K ^b,c  

^a GERON CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Xgene Corporation   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; DNA microarray; Reconstituted skin; Senescent fibroblasts; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

EID: 0034255633     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.2000.4945     Document Type: Article

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