[Adipose tissues and wound healing].
OBJECTIVE
To study the relationship between the adipose tissues and cutaneous morphogenesis on wound healing.


METHODS
Adipose tissues' participation in regulation of food intake, energy expenditure, fuel metabolism, and a variety of other physiological processes was reviewed in the latest literature. The wound healing was regulated by endocrine, paracrine, and adipocyte-derived molecules.


RESULTS
Several factors secreted by adipose tissues (leptin, cytokines, growth factors, lipids, metallothioneins, ect) regulated wound healing.


CONCLUSIONS
Adipose tissues may play a vital role in the process of wound healing. Further understanding of the complex interaction between adipose cells and cutaneous morphogenesis is essential to explore the mechanism of wound healing.
Cheng
Biao
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The Key Research Laboratory of Wound Repair of PLA, 304th Clinical Department, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100037, P R China.
Fu
Xiaobing
X
Sheng
Zhiyong
Z
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D020738:Leptin / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*
D016207:Cytokines; D020738:Leptin