Morphological changes of human skin cells exposed to a DC electric field In vitro using a new exposure system

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 668-677

  Méthot, Stéphane ^a,b   Moulin, Véronique ^a,b   Rancourt, Denis ^a,b   Bourdages, Michel ^c   Goulet, Daniel ^d   Plante, Michel ^d   Auger, Francois A ^a,b   Germain, Lucie ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Institut de Recherche en Électricité du Québec   (Canada)

^d HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellular reorientation; Cytoskeleton proteins; Electric field; Fibroblasts; Keratinocytes

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

MEDICAL APPLICATION;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ADULT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; ORIENTATION; SKIN CELL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036327210     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450790428     Document Type: Article

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