Title | Growth Factors and Wound Healing [electronic resource] : Basic Science and Potential Clinical Applications / edited by Thomas R. Ziegler, Glenn F. Pierce, David N. Herndon |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1997 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1876-0 |
Descript | XVIII, 366 p. online resource |
I. General Concepts -- 1. An Overview of Wound Healing Biology -- 2. Growth Factors and Angiogenesis in Wound Healing -- 3. The Regulation of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF-2) Through Limited Bioavailability -- 4. Cultured Skin Cells for Wound Closure and for Promoting Wound Healing -- 5. The Growth Hormone Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Axis -- II. Role of Nutrients in Wound Healing Responses -- 6. Use of Exogenous Amino Acids in Wound Healing -- 7. Vitamin A-Growth Factor Interactions in Wound Healing -- 8. Interactions Between Nutrients and Growth Factors in Cellular Anabolism and Tissue Repair -- III. Endogenous Growth Factors and Wound Healing -- 9. Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors -- 10. Arginine and Nitric Oxide (NO) Interactions in the Healing Wound -- 11. Endogenous Growth Factors and Nutrients in the Healing Wound -- 12. Epidermal Growth Factor in Wound Healing: A Model for the Molecular Pathogenesis of Chronic Wounds -- IV. Clinical Application of Growth Hormone and IGF-I Therapy -- 13. Growth Hormone Therapy in Human Burn Injury -- 14. Effects of Exogenous Growth Hormone in Postoperative Immune Function and Other Clinical Outcomes -- 15. Effect of Growth Hormone Administration on Colonic Healing and Repair -- 16. Modulation of IGF-I Therapy by IGFBP-3: Potential Utility in Wound Healing -- V. Clinical Application of Peptide Growth Factors -- 17. Roles of Keratinocyte Growth Factor in Epithelial Growth and Regeneration -- 18. Hepatocyte Growth Factor -- 19. The Biology of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, a Specific Regulator of Angiogenesis -- 20. FDA Regulatory Concerns for Wound Healing Biologics -- Author Index