Collagen crosslinking and cell density have distinct effects on fibroblast-mediated contraction of collagen gels

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 290-293

  Redden, Robert A ^a   Doolin, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aminoproprionitrile; Bioengineering; Collagen crosslinking; Fibroblasts; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN GEL; NITRILE; PROTEIN LYSINE 6 OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTATION; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING;

AMINOPROPIONITRILE; CELL COUNT; COLLAGEN; FIBROBLASTS; GELS; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0042065025     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0846.2003.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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