CCN family proteins in wound healing - a pivotal role? [Abstract]

Minhas, Uzma, Martin, Tracey Amanda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2690-4908, Price, Patricia Elaine, Harding, Keith Gordon and Jiang, Wen Guo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3283-1111 2009. CCN family proteins in wound healing - a pivotal role? [Abstract]. Wound Repair and Regeneration 17 (4) , A74. 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2009.00519.x

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Introduction: CCN family proteins comprised of cysteine-rich 61(Cyr61/ CCN1), connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) and nephroblastoma - overexpressed (NOV/CCN3) found in the extracellular matrix. They stimulate mitosis, adhesion, apoptosis, extracellular matrix production, growth arrest and migration and regulate angiogenesis. Clinically they have been shown to have a role in embryogenesis, osteochondral ossification and tumour growth, however their function has not been explored in human wound healing. Methods: Samples of normal, acute and chronic wounds were collected. Immunohistochemical staining and real time quanitative RT-PCR was performed. GAPDH was used as the house keeping control. Statistical analysis was performed using the Fisher’s exact test. Results: Immunohistochemical staining Tissue Cyr61 CTGF Nov Normal skin present-strong present-weak present-weak Acute wound unchanged decreased unchanged Chronic wound increased decreased unchanged Real time quanitative RT-PCR &Cyr61 increased in chronic wounds as compared to acute (ns). &NOV decreased in chronic wounds as compared to acute wounds (ns). & CTGF decreased in chronic wounds: CTGF/GAPDH ratio 0.017(0.0004- 0.0457); median(IQR) as compared to acute wounds 0.16 (0.00–5.42) (statistically significant; po0.002). Conclusion: CCN family members have a differential pattern of expression in normal skin and in wound tissues and therefore manipulation of these proteins may play a pivotal role in wound healing.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > RD Surgery
Additional Information:	5th Joint Meeting of the European Tissue Repair Society and the Wound Healing Society. Limoges, France, August 25–29, 2009
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:	1067-1927
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 14:33
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/17946

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