Therapeutic touch affects DNA synthesis and mineralization of human osteoblasts in culture

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1541-1546

  Jhaveri, Ankur ^a   Walsh, Stephen J ^a   Wang, Yatzen ^b   McCarthy, Marybeth ^a   Gronowicz, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Mineralization; Osteoblast; Osteosarcoma; Therapeutic touch

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BONE SIALOPROTEIN; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CYCLINE; MESSENGER RNA; THYMIDINE; DNA;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TREATMENT DURATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BONE MINERALIZATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOBLASTS; OSTEOSARCOMA; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH;

EID: 55449135568     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20688     Document Type: Article

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