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Murine Excisional Wound Healing Model and Histological Morphometric Wound Analysis

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Bicellular Tight Junctions and Wound Healing.

Junhe Shi¹, May Barakat², Dandan Chen³

¹Center for Wound Healing and Tissue Regeneration, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 801 S. Paulina Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. jshi36@uic.edu.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

|December 7, 2018

Summary

Tight junctions (TJs) are crucial for wound healing. Functional TJs, including occludin and claudin-1, are present in healing wounds but absent in chronic wounds, suggesting their importance in tissue repair.

Keywords:

claudin junctional adhesion molecule occludin tight junctions wound healing zonula occludens

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Area of Science:

Cell Biology
Tissue Engineering
Dermatology

Background:

Bicellular tight junctions (TJs) regulate paracellular passage and cell signaling.
TJs are vital for epithelial and endothelial cell functions in all tissues.
Their specific roles in wound healing remain largely unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the significance of tight junctions in the wound healing process.
To explore the potential of TJs as therapeutic targets for enhancing wound repair.

Main Methods:

Literature review of existing research on TJs and wound healing.
Analysis of studies showing TJ protein presence/absence in healing versus chronic wounds.

Main Results:

Tight junction proteins like occludin and claudin-1 are present in migrating epithelial cells at acute wound edges.
These TJ proteins are notably absent in chronic, non-healing wounds.
This suggests a correlation between functional TJs and effective wound healing.

Conclusions:

Functional tight junctions are critical for effective wound healing.
Further research into TJ roles in barrier function, re-epithelialization, and cell interactions is warranted.
Understanding TJs may reveal novel strategies for tissue regeneration and improved wound repair therapies.