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Skin repair and scar formation: the central role of TGF-beta
Authors:Beanes Steven R  Dang Catherine  Soo Chia  Ting Kang
Institution:Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, LA 90095, USA. sbeanes@ucla.edu
Abstract:Wound healing is a complex process that we have only recently begun to understand. Central to wound repair is transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), a cytokine secreted by several different cell types involved in healing. TGF-beta has diverse effects, depending upon the tissue studied. This review focuses on healing in skin, particularly the phases of cutaneous wound repair and the role of TGF-beta in normal and impaired wound-healing models. It also explores TGF-beta activity in scarless foetal wound healing. Knowledge of TGF-beta function in scarless repair is critical to improving healing in clinical scenarios, such as diabetic wounds and hypertrophic scars.
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