Treatment of patients with burn wound infections may become complicated by the presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria and biofilms. Herein, we demonstrate an in vitro thermal wound infection model using human skin equivalents (HSE) and biofilm-forming methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) for the testing of agents to combat such infections. Application of a liquid nitrogen-coole...

BACKGROUND Epiplakin (EPPK) belongs to the plakin family of cytolinker proteins and, resembling other members of the plakin family such as BPAG1 (an autoantigen of bullous pemphigoid) and plectin, EPPK has plakin repeat domains (PRDs) that bind to intermediate filaments. Elimination of EPPK by gene targeting in mice resulted in the acceleration of keratinocyte migration during wound healing. EP...

PURPOSE To evaluate the expression of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP) mRNA in corneal tissues before and at early time points (6 and 12 hours and 1, 3, and 5 days) after corneal infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. METHODS Ribonuclease protection assays were used to detect and quantitate TIMP mRNA expression in uninfected (wounded and unwounded) and in wounded corneas inoculat...