Role of growth factors on periodontal repair

Growth Factors

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 260-267

  Dereka, X E ^a   Markopoulou, C E ^a   Vrotsos, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; PLATELET DERIVED ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG POTENTIATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL; BONE REGENERATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW;

ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ANIMALS; BONE REGENERATION; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RATS; SOMATOMEDINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 34249991550     PISSN: 08977194     EISSN: 10292292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08977190601060990     Document Type: Article

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