Complementary roles of microtubules and microfilaments in the lung fibroblast-mediated contraction of collagen gels: Dynamics and the influence of cell density

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 70-74

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

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Cytochalasin; Fibrosis; In vitro models; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; COLLAGEN GEL; CYTOCHALASIN D;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG FIBROBLAST; MALE; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; FIBROBLASTS; GELS; HUMANS; LUNG; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROTUBULES;

EID: 33747594522     PISSN: 10712690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1290/0509065.1     Document Type: Article

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