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Down-regulation of decorin, a transforming growth factor-beta modulator, is associated with scarless fetal wound healing.
Journal of pediatric surgery - 1 Nov 2001
Beanes S R, Dang C, Soo C, Wang Y, Urata M, Ting K, Fonkalsrud E W, Benhaim P, Hedrick M H, Atkinson J B, Lorenz H P
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PURPOSE: Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) bioactivity has been implicated as a potential regulator of the transition from scarless healing to scar formation in fetal wounds. Decorin is an extracellular matrix proteoglycan that regulates TGF-beta bioactivity and assists in collagen fibrillogenesis. To determine its role in scarless repair, the authors examined decorin expression in fetal fibroblasts,...
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