How does skin adapt to repetitive mechanical stress to become load tolerant?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-35

  Wang, Y N ^a   Sanders, J E ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; BIGLYCAN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; DECORIN; FIBROMODULIN; LUMICAN; METALLOPROTEINASE; THROMBOSPONDIN 2;

ADAPTATION; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; LITERATURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN; SKIN INJURY; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0038339475     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00100-2     Document Type: Review

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