How much do we understand about the effects of ageing on healing?
Poor experimental design has contributed to a perceived association of ageing with delayed wound healing. Continuing research on the influence of ageing will allow more focused therapeutic strategies.
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Mid-Peninsula Wound Care Medical Clinic, Burlingame, California, USA. ltoy@surgdoc.com
D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D005109:Extracellular Matrix; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D012107:Research Design; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000502:physiology; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000502:physiology; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*
D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; C082332:macrophage stimulating protein; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor