Fetal skin possesses the ability to regenerate completely: Complete regeneration of skin

Keio Journal of Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 101-108

  Kishi, Kazuo ^a   Okabe, Keisuke ^a   Shimizu, Ruka ^a   Kubota, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetal; Healing; Regeneration; Wound

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SYNDECAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SCAR; SKIN; SKIN INJURY; THROMBOCYTE; TISSUE REGENERATION; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CICATRIX; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FETUS; FIBROBLASTS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; RE-EPITHELIALIZATION; SKIN; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 84874822215     PISSN: 00229717     EISSN: 18801293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2302/kjm.2011-0002-IR     Document Type: Review

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