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Regulation of K+ channels may enhance wound healing in the skin
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- Issue Date
- 2008-08-29
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Citation
- Med Hypotheses 2008;71:927-929
- Description
- Authors' final draft
- Abstract
- In the process of promoting wound healing, epidermal growth factor (EGF) activates protein kinase C, protein tyrosine kinase and ERK MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase). The activation of these mediators in signal pathways can regulate the operation of K+ channels. In addition, the K+ channel is involved with cell migration and proliferation, both of which are requisite for wound healing. Recent studies, although not conducted on skin wounds, have found that the K+ channel is associated with wound healing and that wound healing can be promoted by regulating the K+ channels. Therefore, the authors hypothesize that healing of skin wounds could be promoted by regulating K+ channel distribution in skin keratinocytes or fibroblasts. We plan to conduct a study of the promotion of skin wound healing using K+ channel regulators.
- ISSN
- 0306-9877 (print)
1532-2777 (online)
- Language
- English
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