Angiogenesis is induced and wound size is reduced by electrical stimulation in an acute wound healing model in human skin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Ud Din, Sara ^a,b   Sebastian, Anil ^a   Giddings, Pamela ^c   Colthurst, James ^c   Whiteside, Sigrid ^b   Morris, Julie ^b   Nuccitelli, Richard ^d   Pullar, Christine ^e   Baguneid, Mo ^b   Bayat, Ardeshir ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Oxford Bioelectronics Innovation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d BIOELECTROMED CORP   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORGAN PERFUSION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INJURY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WOUND HEALING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928749384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124502     Document Type: Article

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