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Phagocytes in Ischemia Injury
Author(s) -
YOUKER KEITH A.,
BIRDSALL HOLLY H.,
FRANGOGIANNIS NIKOLAOS G.,
KUMAR AJITH G.,
LINDSEY MERRY L.,
BALLANTYNE CHRISTIE M.,
SMITH C. WAYNE,
ROSSEN ROGER D.,
ENTMAN MARK L.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb46252.x
Subject(s) - inflammation , cytokine , phenotype , inflammatory response , wound healing , fibroblast , microbiology and biotechnology , ischemia , immunology , medicine , biology , in vitro , gene , genetics
We are now developing the means to evaluate components of this inflammatory response that may facilitate healing. A key event in the change in the inflammatory response is the development of a cytokine cascade that promotes phenotypic changes in the infiltrating leukocytes, which endow them with the ability to promote fibroblast proliferation and collagen deposition, the hallmarks of healing.