Long-term preservation of rat skin tissue by epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 513-519

  Kim, HakHee ^a   Kawazoe, Takeshi ^b   Matsumura, Kazuaki ^a   Suzuki, Shigehiko ^c   Hyon, Suong Hyu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yoshikawa Hospital   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Epigallocatechin 3 O gallate (EGCG); Polyphenol; Skin; Skin grafts

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TRANSGENIC RAT;

MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 70349238686     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096368970901805-605     Document Type: Article

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