Activin: An important regulator of wound repair, fibrosis, and neuroprotection

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 225, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 127-132

  Sulyok, Silke ^a   Wankell, Miriam ^a   Alzheimer, Christian ^b   Werner, Sabine ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Kiel and Lungen Clinic Grosshansdorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activin; Follistatin; Keratinocyte; Mad1; Neuroprotection; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; FOLLISTATIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL TYPE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIBROSIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; KERATINOCYTE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WOUND HEALING;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; FIBROSIS; FOLLISTATIN; HUMANS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; TRANSFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 4644356541     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2004.07.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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