title: URIC ACID AND TISSUE REPAIR.
abstract: Uric acid, a metabolic product of purines, may exert a role in tissue healing. In this review we will explore its role as an alarm initiating the inflammatory process that is necessary for tissue repair, as a scavenger of oxygen free radicals, as a mobilizer of progenitor endothelial cells and as supporter of adaptive immune system.
authors.affiliation: Evangelic Faculty of Paraná, University Evangelic Hospital of Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Araldi
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Nery
authors.affiliation: Evangelic Faculty of Paraná, University Evangelic Hospital of Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Barbara Stadler
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kahlow
authors.affiliation: Evangelic Faculty of Paraná, University Evangelic Hospital of Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Thelma L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Skare
authors.affiliation: Evangelic Faculty of Paraná, University Evangelic Hospital of Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernando Issamu
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Tabushi
authors.affiliation: Evangelic Faculty of Paraná, University Evangelic Hospital of Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Adham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: do Amaral e Castro
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D014527:Uric Acid; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D014527:Uric Acid