Expression and function of connexin 43 in Human gingival wound healing and fibroblasts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tarzemany, Rana ^a   Jiang, Guoqiao ^a   Larjava, Hannu ^a   Häkkinen, Lari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CONTRACTILITY RELATED MOLECULE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GAP27 PEPTIDE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3ALPHA; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; IBUPROFEN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PARACETAMOL; PEPTIDE; SCLEROPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS AP1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GINGIVA DISEASE; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; WOUND HEALING; CELL MOTION; GENETICS; GINGIVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CELL MOVEMENT; CONNEXIN 43; DOWN-REGULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GINGIVA; HUMANS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84921047224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115524     Document Type: Article

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