The fibroblast-populated collagen matrix as a model of wound healing: A review of the evidence

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-147

  Carlson, Mark A ^a,c   Longaker, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CYTOKINE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

APOPTOSIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME RELEASE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; FIBROBLAST POPULATED COLLAGEN MATRIX; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; MODEL; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLLAGEN; CYTOKINES; FIBROBLASTS; GRANULATION TISSUE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1942436988     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1067-1927.2004.012208.x     Document Type: Review

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