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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-9-12
pubmed:abstractText
The failure of chronic wounds to heal remains a major medical problem. Recent studies have suggested an important role for growth factors in promoting wound healing. We investigated the mitogenic effect of basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), and epidermal growth factor (EGF), comparing their effects with those of media alone (MEM) in a human skin explant model. A stable organ culture system for maintaining the histologic structure of human epidermis for 10 days in vitro was developed. DNA synthesis was measured on Days 1, 3, and 7 of organ culture using [3H]thymidine ([3H]thy) uptake and expressed as cpm/mg dry weight (mean +/- SEM). FGF, IGF-1, and EGF were each capable of stimulating [3H]thy uptake on Day 1 of culture (2372 +/- 335 FGF, 2226 +/- 193 IGF-1, 4037 +/- 679 EGF vs 1108 +/- 70 MEM, P < 0.05). IGF-1 and EGF also stimulated [3H]thy uptake on Days 3 and 7 of culture. The organ culture system was further employed to observe epidermal outgrowth. Longest keratinocyte outgrowth from the explant periphery (simulating epithelial regeneration from the wound edge) was observed on Day 7. EGF resulted in maximum stimulation of epithelial outgrowth (440 +/- 80 microns), followed by FGF (330 +/- 56 microns), IGF-1 (294 +/- 48 microns), and MEM (189 +/- 50 microns). We postulate, therefore, that FGF, IGF-1, and EGF are important mitogens for wound healing and that EGF in particular is capable of stimulating epithelialization.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-4804
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
236-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7543631-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:7543631-Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:7543631-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:7543631-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:7543631-Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:7543631-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:7543631-Epithelium, pubmed-meshheading:7543631-Fibroblast Growth Factor 2, pubmed-meshheading:7543631-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7543631-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:7543631-Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, pubmed-meshheading:7543631-Keratins, pubmed-meshheading:7543631-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:7543631-Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, pubmed-meshheading:7543631-Skin, pubmed-meshheading:7543631-Thymidine, pubmed-meshheading:7543631-Tritium, pubmed-meshheading:7543631-Wound Healing
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of growth factors on cell proliferation and epithelialization in human skin.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, VA Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20422, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study