The influences of injury pattern, gender and age on the function and proliferation of marrow stromal cells [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Robyn Tewksbury

Aus dem Fachbereich Medizin der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main Klinik für Unfall-, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie Ärztlicher Direktor Herr Prof. Dr. med. Ingo Marzi The influences of injury pattern, gender and age on the function and proliferation of marrow stromal cells Dissertation zur Erlangen des Doktorgrades der Medizin des Fachbereichs Medizin der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main vorgelegt von Robyn Tewksbury aus New Haven, CT, USA Frankfurt am Main 2007 1 Dekan: Prof. Dr. J. Pfeilstifter Referent: Prof. Dr. I. Marzi Koreferentin: Prof. Dr. S. Dimmeler Tag der mündlichen Prüfing: 24.03.2009 2Acknowledgements: I would like to thank Professor Dr. Ingo Marzi for his supervision and exceptional interest in this area of research and my thesis. Many thanks also go to Dr. Dirk Henrich and Dr. Caroline Seebach for their enthusiastic inspiration, support and patience. Furthermore, many colleagues from the laboratory and doctors in the Department of Traumatology contribute to an outstanding and diligent scientific team, which in countless ways assisted in my thesis. Mom, Dad, Jessica and Carl - although on the other side of the Atlantic, thanks for supporting this worthwhile endeavor. Most of all, I thank my husband Thorsten Tewksbury for his unconditional encouragement.