In vitro cell migration and invasion assays

N Kramer, A Walzl, C Unger, M Rosner… - … Research/Reviews in …, 2013 - Elsevier
Determining the migratory and invasive capacity of tumor and stromal cells and clarifying the
underlying mechanisms is most relevant for novel strategies in cancer diagnosis, prognosis …

What's new: Management of venous leg ulcers: Treating venous leg ulcers

A Alavi, RG Sibbald, TJ Phillips, OF Miller… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - Elsevier
Venous leg ulcers account for approximately 70% of all leg ulcers and affect 2.2 million
Americans annually. After a comprehensive patient and wound assessment, compression …

Astrocytes close the mouse critical period for visual plasticity

J Ribot, R Breton, CF Calvo, J Moulard, P Ezan… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Brain postnatal development is characterized by critical periods of experience-dependent
remodeling of neuronal circuits. Failure to end these periods results in neurodevelopmental …

Non‐animal models of wound healing in cutaneous repair: In silico, in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo models of wounds and scars in human skin

S Ud‐Din, A Bayat - Wound Repair and Regeneration, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Tissue repair models are essential to explore the pathogenesis of wound healing and scar
formation, identify new drug targets/biomarkers and to test new therapeutics. However, no …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of a connexin43-based Peptide on the healing of chronic venous leg ulcers: a multicenter, randomized trial

GS Ghatnekar, CL Grek, DG Armstrong… - Journal of Investigative …, 2015 - Elsevier
The gap junction protein, connexin43 (Cx43), has critical roles in the inflammatory,
edematous, and fibrotic processes following dermal injury and during wound healing, and is …

Connexin 43-based therapeutics for dermal wound healing

J Montgomery, GS Ghatnekar, CL Grek… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The most ubiquitous gap junction protein within the body, connexin 43 (Cx43), is a target of
interest for modulating the dermal wound healing response. Observational studies found …

Cx43 and associated cell signaling pathways regulate tunneling nanotubes in breast cancer cells

A Tishchenko, DD Azorín, L Vidal-Brime, MJ Muñoz… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The gap junction protein connexin 43 (Cx43) facilitates direct intercellular
communication and displays a complex dichotomous role in cancer. Here, we used breast …

The connexin mimetic peptide Gap27 and Cx43-knockdown reveal differential roles for Connexin43 in wound closure events in skin model systems

C Faniku, E O'Shaughnessy, C Lorraine… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the epidermis, remodelling of Connexin43 is a key event in wound closure. However,
controversy between the role of connexin channel and non-channel functions exist. We …

ERBB 4 confers metastatic capacity in ewing sarcoma

A Mendoza‐Naranjo, A El‐Naggar, DH Wai… - EMBO molecular …, 2013 - embopress.org
Metastatic spread is the single‐most powerful predictor of poor outcome in Ewing sarcoma
(ES). Therefore targeting pathways that drive metastasis has tremendous potential to reduce …

Abnormal connexin expression in human chronic wounds

JES Sutcliffe, KY Chin, C Thrasivoulou… - British Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background Regulated alteration of connexin expression has been shown to be integral to
acute wound repair. Downregulation of the gap‐junction protein connexin 43 at the wound …