The mast cell stabilizer ketotifen prevents development of excessive skin wound contraction and fibrosis in red Duroc pigs

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 226-233

  Gallant Behm, Corrie L ^b,c   Hildebrand, Kevin A ^b   Hart, David A ^a,b  

^a University of Calgary ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; KETOTIFEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKIN INJURY; SWINE; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; KETOTIFEN; MAST CELLS; SKIN; SUS SCROFA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 40349102265     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2008.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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