Severe burn injuries and the role of Elastin in the design of dermal substitutes

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 81-91

  Rnjak, Jelena ^a   Wise, Steven G ^a   Mithieux, Suzanne M ^a   Weiss, Anthony S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURN INJURY; CELL ATTACHMENTS; CELL SIGNALING; CELLULAR RESPONSE; DERMAL SUBSTITUTES; DERMAL TISSUES; DIVERSE RANGE; ELASTIC FIBER; ELASTIC NETWORKS; PROBABILITY OF SURVIVAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN STRUCTURE; WHOLE BODY; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; GLYCOPROTEINS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SIGNALING;

HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

ELASTIN; TROPOELASTIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BURN; ELASTIC FIBER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN STRUCTURE; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; BURNS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DERMIS; ELASTICITY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BURNS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DERMIS; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; HUMANS; SKIN; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79953038129     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2010.0452     Document Type: Article

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