Burns
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 527-537 , June 2009

Recombinant human decorin inhibits TGF-β1-induced contraction of collagen lattice by hypertrophic scar fibroblasts

  • Zhi Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, No. 396 Tong Fu Zhong Road, Hai Zhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510220, China. Tel.: +86 20 3437 1669.
  • ,
  • Tania M. Garron

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
  • ,
  • Xiao-Jian Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
  • ,
  • Yan Liu

      Affiliations

    • Shanghai Institute of Burn, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
  • ,
  • Xiong Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Shanghai Institute of Burn, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
  • ,
  • Ye-Yang Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
  • ,
  • Wei-Shi Xu

      Affiliations

    • Shanghai Institute of Burn, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

,Accepted 25 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.08.021

Burns
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 527-537 , June 2009