Myofibroblasts contribute to but are not necessary for wound contraction

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1429-1438

  Ibrahim, Mohamed M ^a   Chen, Lei ^b   Bond, Jennifer E ^a   Medina, Manuel A ^a   Ren, Licheng ^a,c   Kokosis, George ^a   Selim, Angelica M ^a   Levinson, Howard ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN 2; BETA CYTOPLASMIC ACTIN; COLLAGEN; GAMMA CYTOPLASMIC ACTIN; MYOSIN II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ACTA2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCAR; SKIN INJURY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; WOUND CONTRACTION; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MYOFIBROBLASTS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; SKIN; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948473114     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: 15300307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2015.116     Document Type: Article

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