The leech: A novel invertebrate model for studying muscle regeneration and diseases

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 968-977

  Grimaldi, Annalisa ^a   Banfi, Serena ^a   Bianchi, Cristiano ^a   Greco, Gabriella ^a   Tettamanti, Gianluca ^a   Noonan, Douglas M ^a   Valvassori, Roberto ^a   De Eguileor, Magda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leeches; Muscle regeneration; Myoendothelial cells; VEGF

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MATRIGEL; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; LEECH; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TISSUE REPAIR; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLES; MYOBLASTS, SKELETAL; REGENERATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77950245755     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161210790883417     Document Type: Review

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