Effects of applied DC electric field on ligament fibroblast migration and wound healing

Connective Tissue Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 188-197

  Chao, Pen hsiu Grace ^a   Lu, Helen H ^a   Hung, Clark T ^a   Nicoll, Steven B ^b   Bulinski, Jeannette Chloë ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL fibroblast; Collagen synthesis; Galvanotaxis; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; EXPOSURE; FIBROBLAST; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FIBROBLASTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34547583227     PISSN: 03008207     EISSN: 16078438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03008200701424451     Document Type: Article

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