Abnormal connexin expression underlies delayed wound healing in diabetic skin

Diabetes

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2809-2817

  Wang, Chiuhui Mary ^a   Lincoln, Jill ^a   Cook, Jeremy E ^a   Becker, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOWN REGULATION; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UPREGULATION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 35748935253     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: 00121797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/db07-0613     Document Type: Article

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