Tissue transglutaminase in normal and abnormal wound healing: Review article

Amino Acids

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 387-404

  Verderio, E A M ^a   Johnson, T ^b   Griffin, M ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collagen; Fibronectin; Fibrosis; Tissue transglutaminase; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; FIBRONECTIN; GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PUTRESCINE; THYMOSIN BETA4; TISSUE TRANSGLUTAMINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY SCAR; LUNG FIBROSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCAR FORMATION; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE REACTION; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 4143089161     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-004-0094-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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