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A Swine Burn Model for Investigating the Healing Process in Multiple Depth Burn Wounds
Published on: February 23, 2024
ERK2 dependent signaling contributes to wound healing after a partial-thickness burn
Yasushi Satoh1, Daizoh Saitoh, Atsuya Takeuchi
1Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical College, 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa 359-8513, Japan. ys@ndmc.ac.jp
Abstract:
Burn healing is a complex physiological process involving multiple cell activities, such as cell proliferation, migration and differentiation. Although extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK) have a pivotal role in regulating a variety of cellular responses, little is known about the individual functions of ERK isoform for healing in vivo. This study investigated the role of ERK2 in burn healing. To assess this, Erk2(+/-) mice generated by gene targeting were used. The resultant mice exhibited significant delay in re-epithelization of partial-thickness burns in the skin in comparison to wild-type. An in vitro proliferation assay revealed that keratinocytes from Erk2(+/-) mice grew significantly slower than those prepared from wild-type. These results highlight the importance of ERK2 in the process of burn healing.
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