Adenovirus-relaxin gene therapy for keloids: Implication for reversing pathological fibrosis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 673-677

  Lee, W J ^a   Kim, Y O ^a   Choi, I K ^a   Rah, D K ^a   Yun, C O ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; ELASTIN; FIBRONECTIN; RELAXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXCISION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KELOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; VIRAL GENE THERAPY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADULT; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KELOID; MIDDLE AGED; RELAXIN; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80052216630     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10439.x     Document Type: Article

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