Increased collagen synthesis rate during wound healing in muscle.

Wound healing in muscle involves the deposition of collagen, but it is not known whether this is achieved by changes in the synthesis or the degradation of collagen. We have used a reliable flooding dose method to measure collagen synthesis rate in vivo in rat abdominal muscle following a surgical i...

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Main Authors: Shaobo Zhou, Jonathan Salisbury, Victor R Preedy, Peter W Emery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3602539?pdf=render