Peptide growth factors and wound healing.
An analysis of peptide growth factors and wound healing should not fail to give credit to its foundations in cancer research. Add the recent advances in peptide chemistry and molecular genetics that have permitted complete definitions and in vivo studies for the first time. The result is an enormous break-through in wound healing research. The potential for understanding and then using the growth factors to enhance healing in the aged or debilitated is incalculable.
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC.
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D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000502:physiology; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000502:physiology; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010448:Peptide Initiation Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000502:physiology; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000502:physiology; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors / Q000502:physiology; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*
D006133:Growth Substances; D010448:Peptide Initiation Factors; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D013002:Somatomedins; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors