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Aberrant wound healing and TGF-beta production in the autoimmune-prone MRL/+ mouse.
Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) - 1 Sept 1999
Kench J A, Russell D M, Fadok V A, Young S K, Worthen G S, Jones-Carson J, Henson J E, Henson P M, Nemazee D
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Wound healing is a complex process that involves inflammation, apoptosis, growth, and tissue remodeling. The autoimmune-prone inbred mouse strain MRL/+ manifests accelerated and extensive healing to ear punch wounds, suggesting a link between immune defects and wound healing. Prior studies with lupus-prone mice have shown that hematopoietic cells of lupus-prone strains can transfer disease to otherwise...
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