Co-cultured human mast cells stimulate fibroblast-mediated contraction of collagen gels

Inflammation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-51

  Skold C M ^a,b   Ohkuni, Y ^c   Liu, X D ^a   Numerof, R ^d   Rennard, S I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d Axys Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIS(5 AMIDINO 2 BENZIMIDAZOLYL)METHANE; COLLAGEN GEL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; HYDROXYPROLINE; TRYPTASE; TRYPTASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; COCULTURE; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLLAGEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; GELS; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROLINE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MAST CELLS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RATS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRYPTASES;

EID: 0035100624     PISSN: 03603997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007075628316     Document Type: Article

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