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Mitosis stimulation near wounds by temporary membrane lesions of increased permeability
Medical Hypotheses
|August 1, 1991
Abstract:
Ah and other positively charged organic receptors in cytosol are attracted to the membrane inner lipid layer if surface potential on part of their cell membrane is increased by potential from a nearby wound. At the membrane they form temporary transmembrane dipoles (lesions) of increased permeability that stimulate cell mitosis. This may be a normal mechanism assisting wound healing.