Role of chymase in the local renin-angiotensin system in keloids: inhibition of chymase may be an effective therapeutic approach to treat keloids
Ru Wang, Junjie Chen, Zhenyu Zhang, Ying CenDepartment of Burn and Plastic Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of ChinaBackground: Histologically, keloids contain excess fibroblasts and an overabundance of dermal collagen. Recently, it was reporte...
Main Authors: | Wang R, Chen J, Zhang Z, Cen Y |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2015-08-01
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Series: | Drug Design, Development and Therapy |
Online Access: | http://www.dovepress.com/role-of-chymase-in-the-local-renin-angiotensin-system-in-keloids-inhib-peer-reviewed-article-DDDT |
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