Keratinocyte-fibroblast interactions in wound healing

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 998-1008

  Werner, Sabine ^a   Krieg, Thomas ^b   Smola, Hans ^b,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Paul Hartmann AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADIPOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; GRANULATION TISSUE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MESENCHYME CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TISSUE REPAIR; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34247192531     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700786     Document Type: Article

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