Animal studies with thymosin β4, a multifunctional tissue repair and regeneration peptide

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1194, Issue , 2010, Pages 81-86

  Philp, Deborah ^a   Kleinman, Hynda K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Inflammation; Re epithelialization; Thymosin 4; Tissue regeneration; Wound repair

Indexed keywords

THYMOSIN BETA4;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CAUSTIC BURN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORNEA INJURY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EYE BURN; HEART PROTECTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77951869890     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05479.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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