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Thyrotropin-releasing hormone and its analogs accelerate wound healing.
The Journal of surgical research - 15 Jun 2014
Nie Chunlei, Yang Daping, Liu Nan, Dong Deli, Xu Jin, Zhang Jiewu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) is a classical hormone that controls thyroid hormone production in the anterior pituitary gland. However, recent evidence suggested that TRH is expressed in nonhypothalamic tissues such as epidermal keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts, but its function is not clear. This study aimed to investigate the effects of TRH and its analogs on wound healing and explore the...
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