Mechanical tension controls granulation tissue contractile activity and myofibroblast differentiation

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1009-1020

  Hinz, Boris ^a   Mastrangelo, Dominique ^b   Iselin, Christophe E ^b   Chaponnier, Christine ^a   Gabbiani, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CROTON OIL; F ACTIN; FIBRONECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GRANULATION TISSUE; GRANULOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0034856168     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)61776-2     Document Type: Article

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