Microgravity and the implications for wound healing

International Wound Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 552-561

  Farahani, Ramin Mostofizadeh ^a   DiPietro, Luisa A ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Growth factor; Microgravity; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR;

CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MICROGRAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; WOUND HEALING;

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; WEIGHTLESSNESS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 54249136393     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2008.00438.x     Document Type: Review

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