Human beta defensin-4 and keratinocyte growth factor gene expression in cultured keratinocyte and fibroblasts of burned patients

PURPOSE: To evaluate KGF and human beta defensin-4 (HBD-4) levels produced by dermic fibroblasts and keratinocytes cultivated from burned patients' skin samples. METHODS: Keratinocytes and fibroblasts of 10 patients (four major burns, four minor burns and two controls) were primarily cultivated...

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Main Authors: Silvana Aparecida Alves Corrêa de Noronha, Samuel Marcos Ribeiro de Noronha, Larissa Elias Lanziani, Michele Zampieri Ipolito, Lydia Masako Ferreira, Alfredo Gragnani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2014-01-01
Series:Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502014001500039&tlng=en