The Molecular and Cellular Biology of Wound Repair - by R a F Clark & P M Henson (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

I. Inflammation.- 1 Overview and General Considerations of Wound Repair.- 2 Platelets and Response to Injury.- 3 Potential Functions of the Clotting System in Wound Repair.- 4 Endothelial Cell Regulation of Coagulation.- 5 Factors That Affect Vessel Reactivity and Leukocyte Emigration.- 6 Neutrophil Emigration, Activation, and Tissue Damage.- 7 Resolution of Inflammation.- 8 The Multiple Roles of Macrophages in Wound Healing.- II. Granulation Tissue Formation.- 9 The Role of Growth Factors in Tissue Repair I: Platelet-Derived Growth Factor.- 10 The Role of Growth Factors in Tissue Repair II: Epidermal Growth Factor.- 11 The Role of Growth Factors in Tissue Repair III: Fibroblast Growth Factor.- 12 The Role of Growth Factors in Tissue Repair IV: Type ?-Transforming Growth Factor and Stimulation of Fibrosis.- 13 Mechanisms of Parenchymal Cell Migration into Wounds.- 14 Re-epithelialization.- 15 Angiogenesis.- 16 The Role of Cell-Cell Interaction in the Regulation of Endothelial Cell Growth.- 17 The Biology of the Myofibroblast Relationship to Wound Contraction and Fibrocontractive Diseases.- III. Extracellular Matrix Production and Remodeling.- 18 Fibronectin: A Primitive Matrix.- 19 Proteoglycans and Wound Repair.- 20 Collagen in Dermal Wound Repair.- 21 Role of Degradative Enzymes in Wound Healing.- 22 Basement Membranes.- 23 Re-formation of the Epidermal-Dermal Junction during Wound Healing.