Peripheral Vascular Group, Medical Physics and Medical Engineering, Southampton University Hospitals Trust, Southampton S016 6YD, UNITED KINGDOM
Email: rm1@soton.ac.uk
Original articles
Efficacy and safety of becaplermin (recombinant human platelet-derived growth factor-BB) in patients with nonhealing, lower extremity diabetic ulcers: a combined analysis of four randomized studies
Janice M. Smiell, MD; T. Jeffery Wieman, MD; David L. Steed, MD; Barbara H. Perry, PhD; Allan R. Sampson, PhD; Barry H. Schwab, PhD
Pages 335-46
The R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, 1000 Route 202, P.O. Box 300, Raritan, NJ 08869
Fax: (908) 526-2650
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Prognostic value of markers of collagen remodeling in venous ulcers
John F. Tarlton, PhD; Allen J. Bailey, PhD; Elsa Crawford, BSc; Dylan Jones, MSc; Keith Moore, PhD; Keith D. Harding, MD
Pages 347-55
Collagen Research Group, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Bristol, Bristol BS40 5DU, UNITED KINGDOM
Comparative trial of octyl-cyanoacrylate and silver sulfadiazine for the treatment of full-thickness skin wounds
Adam J. Singer, MD; Luis Berrutti, MD; Steve A. McClain, MD
Pages 356-61
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, University Medical Center, L4-515, Stony Brook, NY
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Curcumin enhances wound healing in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats and genetically diabetic mice
Gurmel S. Sidhu, PhD; Haresh Mani, MD; Jaya P. Gaddipati, PhD; Anoop K. Singh, PhD; Pankaj Seth, PhD; Krishna K. Banaudha, PhD; Gyanendra K. Patnaik, PhD; Radha K. Maheshwari, PhD
Pages 362-74
Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814
Fax: (301) 295-1640; Email: maheshwari@usuhs.mil
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Role of alphaV integrins and angiogenesis during wound repair
Young-Chul Jang, MD; Subbu Arumugam; Nicole S. Gibran, MD; F. Frank Isik, MD
Pages 375-80
Department of Surgery, 112, VAPSHCS, 1660 S. Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108
Fax: (206) 764-2529; Email: isik@u.washington.edu
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Regulation of alphaVbeta3 and alpha5beta1 integrin receptors by basic fibroblast growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor-BB in intrasynovial flexor tendon cells
Frederick L. Harwood, BSc; Randal S. Goomer, PhD; Richard H. Gelberman, MD; Matthew J. Silva, PhD; David Amiel, PhD
Pages 362-74
Department of Orthopaedics, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Department 0630, La Jolla, CA 92093-0630
Fax: (858) 534-5304
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Stimulation of wound healing by positively charged dextran beads depends upon clustering of beads and cells in close proximity to the wound
Nabil J. Tawil, PhD; David Connors, BSc; David Gies, BA; Steven Bennett, PhD; Elliot Gruskin, PhD; Thomas Mustoe, MD
Pages 389-99
Division of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University School of Medicine, 707 North Fairbanks Court, Suite 811, Chicago, IL 60611-3042
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Chitosan and chitosan sulfate have opposing effects on collagen-fibroblast interactions
Muthumarthanda R. Mariappan, MD, PhD; Eduardo A. Alas, BA; John G. Williams, MD; Morton D. Prager, PhD
Pages 400-6
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Mail Code 9160, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75235
