In vivo optical imaging of expression of vascular endothelial growth factor following laser incision in skin

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 343-350

  Izzo, Agnella D ^a   Mackanos, Mark A ^a   Beckham, Joshua T ^a   Jansen, E Duco ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular response; Fibroblast; Free electron laser; Laser surgery; Mouse; Reporter gene; Thermal damage; Transgenic; Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF); Wound healing

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; SCALPEL; SKIN INCISION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LASER SURGERY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; LYMPHOKINES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RADIATION INJURIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SKIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0034760723     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1127     Document Type: Article

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