Cyclic mechanical strain induces TGFβ1-signalling in dermal fibroblasts embedded in a 3D collagen lattice

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 307, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 191-197

  Peters, Andreas S ^a   Brunner, Georg ^b   Krieg, Thomas ^c   Eckes, Beate ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Fachklinik Hornheide   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

CTGF; Mechanoregulation; Skin fibroblast; Tension

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN GEL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; F ACTIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; CTGF PROTEIN, MOUSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; RNA; SMAD2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SURFACE AREA; TENSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CULTURE MEDIA; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MICE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 84925535592     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: 1432069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-014-1514-2     Document Type: Article

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