Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volume 8, Issue 3 (May/Jun) 2000

Editorial

The more we know, the less we understand?

William J. Lindblad, Ph.D.
Pages 161

Original articles

Recombinant human platelet-derived growth factor-BB (becaplermin) for healing chronic lower extremity diabetic ulcers: an open-label clinical evaluation of efficacy

John M. Embil, MD; Kim Papp, MD; Gary Sibbald, MD; Jacqueline Tousignant, MD; Janice M. Smiell, MD; Betty Wong, RT; Cathy Y. Lau, PhD; the Canadian Becaplermin Study Group
Pages 162-8
University of Manitoba, MS-673, Health Sciences Center, 820 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3A 1R9 CANADA

Fax: (204) 787-4699

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The accuracy of using a wound care speciality clinic database to study diabetic neuropathic foot ulcers

Jonathan Kantor, MA; David J. Margolis, MD, MSCE
Pages 169-73
Departments of Dermatology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Room 815 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Fax: (215) 573-5315; Email: dmargoli@cceb.med.upenn.edu

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Duration of surgery and patient age affect wound healing in children

Olli T. Pajulo, MD; Kari J. Pulkki, MD, PhD; Markku S. Alanen, MD, PhD; Mikko S. Reunanen, MD, PhD; Kalle K. Lertola, MsSc; Armi I. Mattila-Vuori, MD; Jouko A. Viljanto, MD, PhD
Pages 174-8
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Turku University Central Hospital, P.O. Box 52, FIN-20521, Turku, FINLAND

Fax: (+358) 2 261-1460; Email: mescher@indiana.edu

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Incisional wound healing in transforming growth factor-ß1 null mice

R. Michael Koch, MD; Nanette S. Roche, BS; W. Tony Parks, MD; Gillian S. Ashcroft, MD, PhD; John J. Letterio, MD; Anita B. Roberts, PhD
Pages 179-91
Laboratory of Cell Regulation and Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Building 41, Room C629, 41 Library Drive, MSC 5055, Bethesda, MD 20892-5055

Fax: (301) 496-8395; Email: Robertsa@dce41.nci.nih.gov

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Epidermal growth factor and keratinocyte growth factor differentially regulate epidermal migration, growth, and differentiation

Susan Gibbs, PhD; Anna Nubia Silva Pinto, PhD; Seema Murli, BSc; Marcel Huber, PhD; Daniel Hohl, PhD; Maria Ponec, PhD
Pages 192-203
Department of Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Building 3, Sylvius Laboratory, Wassenaarseweg 72, 2333 AL Leiden, THE NETHERLANDS

Fax: +31 (071) 527-1910; Email: S.Gibbs@LUMC.nl

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Acceleration of full-thickness wound healing in normal rats by the synthetic thrombin peptide, TP508

Janet Stiernberg, PhD; Andrea M. Norfleet, PhD; William R. Redin, BS; W. Scott Warner, MD; Richard R. Fritz, PhD; Darrell H. Carney, PhD
Pages 204-215
Department of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-0645

Fax: (409) 772-2348; Email: dcarney@utmb.edu

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Interleukin-8 levels and activity in delayed-healing human thermal wounds

Joseph A. Iocono, MD; Kevin R. Colleran, BS; Daniel G. Remick, MD; Brenda W. Gillespie, PhD; H. Paul Ehrlich, PhD; Warren L. Garner, MD
Pages 216-225
LAC and USC Burn Center, 1200 N. State Street, Room 12-650, Los Angeles, CA 90033

Fax: (323) 226-2290; Email: wgarner@surgery.usc.edu

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Mechanical loading regulates protease production by fibroblasts in three-dimensional collagen substrates

Rita T. Prajapati, PhD; Beatrice Chavally-Mis, BSc; Daniel Herbage, PhD; Mark Eastwood, PhD; Robert A. Brown, PhD
Pages 226-37
University College London, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tissue Repair Unit, 67-73 Riding House Street, London, W1P 7LD, UNITED KINGDOM

Fax: +44 (171) 813-2829; Email: tissue.eng@ucl.ac.uk

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Duration and orientation of mechanical loads determine fibroblast cyto-mechanical activation: Monitored by protease release

Rita T. Prajapati, PhD; Mark Eastwood, PhD; Robert A. Brown, PhD
Pages 238-46
University College London, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tissue Repair Unit, 67-73 Riding House Street, London, W1P 7LD, UNITED KINGDOM

Fax: +44 (171) 813-2829; Email: tissue.eng@ucl.ac.uk



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