Wound healing plays an important role in protecting the human body from external infection. Cell migration and proliferation of keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts are essential for proper wound healing. Recently, several studies have demonstrated that secondary compounds produced in plants could affect skin cells migration and proliferation. In this study, we identified a novel compound DK223...

Heparin-based hydrogels are attractive for controlled growth factor delivery, due to the native ability of heparin to bind and stabilize growth factors. Basic fibroblast growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor are heparin-binding growth factors that synergistically enhance angiogenesis. Mild, in situ encapsulation of both basic fibroblast growth factor and vascular endothelial grow...

Cardiac myocyte cultures usually require pharmacological intervention to prevent overproliferation of contaminating nonmyocytes. Our aim is to prevent excessive fibroblast cell proliferation without the use of cytostatins. We have produced a silicone surface with 10-microm vertical projections that we term "pegs," to which over 80% of rat neonatal cardiac fibroblasts attach within 48 h after pl...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a severe fibrotic lung disease associated with fibroblast activation that includes excessive proliferation, tissue invasiveness, myofibroblast transformation, and extracellular matrix (ECM) production. To identify inhibitors that can attenuate fibroblast activation, we queried IPF gene signatures against a library of small-molecule-induced gene-expression ...

Polymerase chain reaction amplification of cDNA for acidic fibroblast growth factor in several lines of cultured human cells revealed two forms of mRNA. The novel smaller mRNA lacks the entire second coding exon of the acidic fibroblast growth factor gene, whereas the previously identified mRNA consists of three coding exons. The truncated variant of acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF') is o...

Objective to analyze the effect of bevacizumab on α-smooth muscle actin expression and fibroblast count in trabeculectomy area rabbit models order find a safer modulator wound healing improve surgical outcome. Material methods 16 New Zealand white rabbits aged 4-6 months weigh between 2,5-3,5 kg were performed their right eyes with postoperative subconjunctival injection BSS Bevacizumab. Rabbit...

To investigate the mechanism of lidocaine in inhibiting proliferation, migration and invasion breast cancer cells. Human cell line Michigan Cancer Foundation-7 cells were treated with lidocaine. Cell proliferation was detected by 2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide, Transwell, microRNA-495-3p expression quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction fibroblast growth factor 9, cyc...