Focal contact and hemidesmosomal proteins in keratinocyte migration and wound repair

SB Hopkinson, KJ Hamill, Y Wu… - Advances in wound …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Significance: During wound healing of the skin, keratinocytes should move over while still
adhering to their underlying matrix. Thus, mechanistic insights into the wound-healing …

Integrin-mediated regulation of epidermal wound functions

CM DiPersio, R Zheng, J Kenney… - Cell and tissue …, 2016 - Springer
During cutaneous wound healing, keratinocyte proliferation and migration are critical for re-
epithelialization. In addition the epidermis secretes growth factors, cytokines, proteases, and …

Integrin regulation of epidermal functions in wounds

WM Longmate, CM DiPersio - Advances in wound care, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Integrins are bidirectional signaling receptors for extracellular matrix that
regulate both inside-out signaling that controls keratinocyte-mediated changes to the wound …

Propolis modulates fibronectin expression in the matrix of thermal injury

P Olczyk, K Komosinska-Vassev… - BioMed research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of the study was to assess the propolis effect on fibronectin metabolism in the
course of burn wounds healing process. A model of burn wound healing of pig skin was …

[HTML][HTML] Ganglioside GM3 depletion reverses impaired wound healing in diabetic mice by activating IGF-1 and insulin receptors

XQ Wang, S Lee, H Wilson, M Seeger… - Journal of Investigative …, 2014 - Elsevier
Ganglioside GM3 mediates adipocyte insulin resistance, but the role of GM3 in diabetic
wound healing, a major cause of morbidity, is unclear. The purpose of this study was to …

Coassembled nanostructured bioscaffold reduces the expression of proinflammatory cytokines to induce apoptosis in epithelial cancer cells

R Li, S Pavuluri, K Bruggeman, BM Long… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
The local inflammatory environment of the cell promotes the growth of epithelial cancers.
Therefore, controlling inflammation locally using a material in a sustained, non-steroidal …

[HTML][HTML] Alpha actinin-1 regulates cell-matrix adhesion organization in keratinocytes: consequences for skin cell motility

KJ Hamill, S Hiroyasu, ZT Colburn, RV Ventrella… - Journal of Investigative …, 2015 - Elsevier
The migration of keratinocytes in wound healing requires coordinated activities of the motility
machinery of a cell, the cytoskeleton, and matrix adhesions. In this study, we assessed the …

α6β4 integrin, a master regulator of expression of integrins in human keratinocytes

KR Kligys, Y Wu, SB Hopkinson, S Kaur… - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
Three major laminin and collagen-binding integrins in skin (α6β4, α3β1, and α2β1) are
involved in keratinocyte adhesion to the dermis and dissemination of skin cells during …

[HTML][HTML] Plakophilin 2 affects cell migration by modulating focal adhesion dynamics and integrin protein expression

JL Koetsier, EV Amargo, V Todorović, KJ Green… - Journal of Investigative …, 2014 - Elsevier
Plakophilin 2 (PKP2), a desmosome component, modulates the activity and localization of
the ce: small-caps GTPase RhoA at sites of cell–cell contact. PKP2 regulates cortical actin …

Cell and molecular biology of wound healing

L Häkkinen, L Koivisto, J Heino, H Larjava - Stem cell biology and tissue …, 2015 - Elsevier
Wound healing is regulated by a complex, spatiotemporally controlled interplay between
resident and circulating cells, extracellular matrix (ECM), chemical, biochemical …