Inhibition of rho-kinase impairs fibroblast stress fiber formation, confluence, and contractility in vitro

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 507-513

  Gates, Douglas H ^a   Lee, Jin Sun ^a   Hultman, C Scott ^a   Cairns, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; RHO KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STRESS FIBER; WOUND CONTRACTION;

ACTINS; AMIDES; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BURNS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; COLLAGEN; CONTRACTURE; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PYRIDINES; STRESS FIBERS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34248351165     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0B013E318053DAD8     Document Type: Article

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