Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Epidermal Growth Factor: Revisiting the Local Delivery Route for a Successful Outcome

Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Epidermal Growth Factor: Revisiting the Local Delivery Route for a Successful Outcome

Soon after epidermal growth factor (EGF) discovery, some in vivo models appeared demonstrating its property to enhance cutaneous wound healing. EGF was the first growth factor (GF) introduced in the clinical arena as a healing enhancer, exerting its mitogenic effects on epithelial, fibroblastoid, an...

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Main Authors: Jorge Berlanga-Acosta, José Fernández-Montequín, Calixto Valdés-Pérez, William Savigne-Gutiérrez, Yssel Mendoza-Marí, Ariana García-Ojalvo, Viviana Falcón‐Cama, Diana García del Barco-Herrera, Maday Fernández-Mayola, Héctor Pérez-Saad, Eulogio Pimentel-Vázquez, Aleida Urquiza-Rodríguez, Moshe Kulikovsky, Gerardo Guillén-Nieto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2923759

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2923759

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