Switching off the fibro-proliferative phase of wound healing : an investigation of the normal mechanisms and pathological scar-related defects

Using in vitro models that mimic various aspects/stages of wound healing, this thesis attempted to define the events that lead to the culmination of the fibro-proliferative phase of wound healing, i.e. apoptosis and any potential defects exhibited by keloid scars. Normal scar-derived fibroblasts wer...

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Main Author: Vigor, Charlotte Jayne
Published: University College London (University of London) 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.434375