Cutaneous wound healing: Recruiting developmental pathways for regeneration

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2059-2081

  Bielefeld, Kirsten A ^a,b   Amini Nik, Saeid ^a   Alman, Benjamin A ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catenin; Hedgehog; Notch; Regeneration; Skin; Transforming growth factor (TGF ); Wnt; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; SMAD PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3; WNT PROTEIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANGIOGENESIS; BLASTEMA; DIABETIC FOOT; DIPTERA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIZATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FISH; HAIR FOLLICLE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INFLAMMATION; KELOID; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SCAR; SCAR FORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKIN INJURY; TISSUE REGENERATION; TURBELLARIA; ULCER; VENOUS STASIS ULCER; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; REGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEINS; WOUND HEALING;

ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84878596118     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1152-9     Document Type: Review

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