Periostin modulates myofibroblast differentiation during full-thickness cutaneous wound repair

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-132

  Elliott, Christopher G ^a   Wang, Jian ^b   Guo, Xiaolei ^c   Xu, Shi wen ^d   Eastwood, Mark ^e   Guan, Jianjun ^c   Leask, Andrew ^a   Conway, Simon J ^b   Hamilton, Douglas W ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The Ohio State University   (United States)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

smooth muscle actin; Contraction; Matricellular protein; Myofibroblast; Periostin; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBROBLAST; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN INJURY; WILD TYPE; WOUND HEALING;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD29; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; COLLAGEN; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE 1; GRANULATION TISSUE; KINETICS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOFIBROBLASTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; SRC-FAMILY KINASES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WOUND HEALING;

MUS;

EID: 84863270439     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.087841     Document Type: Article

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