Force generation and protease gene expression in organotypic co-cultures of fibroblasts and keratinocytes

Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 647-650

  Wall, Ivan B ^a   Bhadal, Navneet ^a   Broad, Simon ^b   Whawell, Simon A ^c   Mudera, Vivek ^d   Lewis, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibroblast; Keratinocyte; Mechanical force

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CO-CULTURES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLAST; FORCE GENERATION; GENES EXPRESSION; HUMAN KERATINOCYTE; HUMAN SKIN FIBROBLAST; KERATINOCYTES; MECHANICAL FORCE; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS;

CELL CULTURE;

GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; PROTEINASE; UROKINASE; UROKINASE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL INTERACTION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; FORCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

EID: 73449119564     PISSN: 19326254     EISSN: 19327005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/term.206     Document Type: Article

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