Could we also be regenerative superheroes, like salamanders?

BioEssays

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 917-926

  Dall'Agnese, Alessandra ^a   Puri, Pier Lorenzo ^a,b  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

axolotl; fibrosis; metamorphosis; newt; regeneration

Indexed keywords

ARF PROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; WNT PROTEIN;

AMBYSTOMA; BLASTEMA; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LIMB REGENERATION; MACROPHAGE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SALAMANDRIDAE; SCAR FORMATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84983392527     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201600015     Document Type: Review

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