Effects of Aloe vera on Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication and Proliferation of Human Diabetic and Nondiabetic Skin Fibroblasts

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 711-718

  Abdullah, Kay M ^a,b   Abdullah, Ahmed ^a,b   Johnson, Mary Lynn ^c   Bilski, Jerzy J ^c   Petry, Kimberly ^c   Redmer, Dale A ^c   Reynolds, Lawrence P ^c   Grazul Bilska, Anna T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Plastic Surgery Institute   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ALOE; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COULTER COUNTER; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOMETRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FIBROBLAST; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INJURY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN FIBROBLAST; TIME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0242664860     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107555303322524553     Document Type: Article

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