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Regulation of matrix contraction in chronic venous disease.
European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery - 1 Oct 2009
Pappas P J, Lal B K, Ohara N, Saito S, Zapiach L, Durán W N
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The role of TGF-beta(1) in venous ulcer healing and the signalling cascades regulating dermal fibroblast function are poorly understood. To elucidate these processes, we hypothesized that TGF-beta(1) facilitates wound healing by increasing chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) induced matrix contraction via intracellular cross-talk between TGF-beta(1) and the ERK-1/2 MAP kinase signalling cascades....
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