Role of macrophages in normal wound healing: an overview.
Macrophages play an essential role during inflammation in normal wound healing. They promote the recruitment and proliferation of fibroblasts, and express some of the key growth factors that stimulate angiogenesis.
Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust, UK.
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D000818:Animals; D003646:Debridement; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000502:physiology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017592:Skin Care; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy
D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins