Cultures of ligament fibroblasts in fibrin matrix gel

Connective Tissue Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-87

  Chun, Jacob ^a   Tuan, T L ^a   Han, Bo ^a   Vangsness, C T ^a   Nimni, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell growth; Collagen synthesis; Fibrin lattice; Fibroblast culture; Ligament

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; FIBRIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE LIGAMENT; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0043245093     PISSN: 03008207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03008200390200210     Document Type: Article

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