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Topical Sonic Hedgehog Gene Therapy Accelerates Wound Healing in Diabetes by Enhancing Endothelial Progenitor Cell–Mediated Microvascular Remodeling
16 May 2006
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BACKGROUND: Sonic hedgehog (Shh) is a prototypical morphogen known to regulate epithelial-mesenchymal interaction during embryonic development. Recent observations indicate that exogenous administration of Shh can induce angiogenesis and may accelerate repair of ischemic myocardium and skeletal muscle. Because angiogenesis plays a pivotal role in wound repair, we hypothesized that activation of the hedgehog...
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