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Chemokine and chemokine receptor expression in keloid and normal fibroblasts.
Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society - 1 Jan 2000
Nirodi C S, Devalaraja R, Nanney L B, Arrindell S, Russell S, Trupin J, Richmond A
Abstract excerpt
Keloids are benign collagenous tumors that occur during dermal wound healing in genetically predisposed individuals. The lesions are characterized by over-proliferation of fibroblasts, some leukocyte infiltration, and prolonged high rates of collagen synthesis. To determine whether leukocyte chemoattractants or chemokines are participating in this disease process, immunohistochemical staining for the CXC...
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