Temporal expression of activin in acute burn wounds-From inflammatory cells to fibroblasts

Burns

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-55

  McLean, Catriona A ^a   Cleland, Heather ^a   Moncrieff, Nicholas J ^a   Barton, Richard J ^a   de Kretser, David M ^b   Phillips, David J ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activin; Acute burns; Fibrosis; Immunohistochemistry; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN;

ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCAR FORMATION;

ACTIVINS; ACUTE DISEASE; BURNS; DERMATITIS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPHOCYTES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38049136810     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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