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ReviewResults and problems in cell differentiation2017

Macrophage Differentiation in Normal and Accelerated Wound Healing.

Girish J Kotwal, Sufan Chien

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Review in Results and problems in cell differentiation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 109 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
109citing papers in PubMed
62.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

109 citing papers in PubMed, 205 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Girish J KotwalNoveratech LLC, Louisville, KY, USA. GJKOTW01@gmail.com.
Sufan ChienNoveratech LLC, Louisville, KY, USA. Sufan.Chien@louisville.edu.
Noveratech (United States) · US

Funding

A New Technique for Diabetic Foot UlcersR44DK105692 · NIDDK · NOVERATECH, LLC · PI CHIEN, SUFAN · 2016 to 2017
$1.5M
INTRACELLULAR ENERGY DELIVERY AND DIABETIC WOUNDSR01DK074566 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI CHIEN, SUFAN · 2007 to 2010
$1.3M
Partial-thickness wound healing via topical ATP deliveryR44AR052984 · NIAMS · NOVERA, LLC. · PI CHIEN, SUFAN · 2007 to 2008
$1.2M
A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR TREATING HEMORRHAGIC SHOCKR43HL114235 · NHLBI · NOVERATECH, LLC · PI CHIEN, SUFAN · 2012 to 2013
$400k
A new biomarker for diabetic foot ulcersR43DK104625 · NIDDK · NOVERATECH, LLC · PI CHIEN, SUFAN · 2015 to 2015
$281k
A new technique for diabetic foot ulcersR43DK105692 · NIDDK · NOVERATECH, LLC · PI CHIEN, SUFAN · 2015 to 2015
$275k
REDUCING LAPAROTOMY WOUND FAILURER43GM106639 · NIGMS · NOVERATECH, LLC · PI CHIEN, SUFAN · 2013 to 2013
$264k
TOWARDS A UNIVERSAL CHRONIC WOUND MODELR43OD021317 · OD · NOVERATECH, LLC · PI CHIEN, SUFAN · 2015 to 2015
$243k
Partial-Thickness Wound Healing via Topical ATP DeliveryR43AR052984 · NIAMS · NOVERA, LLC. · PI EHRINGER, WILLIAM D · 2005 to 2005
$133k
INTRACELLULAR ENERGY DELIVERY AND DIABETIC WOUNDSR56DK074566 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI CHIEN, SUFAN · 2006 to 2006
$111k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic wounds pose considerable public health challenges and burden. Wound healing is known to require the participation of macrophages, but mechanisms remain unclear. The M1 phenotype macrophages have a known scavenger function, but they also play multiple roles in tissue repair and regeneration when they transition to an M2 phenotype. Macrophage precursors (mononuclear cells/monocytes) follow the influx of PMN neutrophils into a wound during the natural wound-healing process, to become the major cells in the wound. Natural wound-healing process is a four-phase progression consisting of hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. A lag phase of 3-6 days precedes the remodeling phase, which is characterized by fibroblast activation and finally collagen production. This normal wound-healing process can be accelerated by the intracellular delivery of ATP to wound tissue. This novel ATP-mediated acceleration arises due to an alternative activation of the M1 to M2 transition (macrophage polarization), a central and critical feature of the wound-healing process. This response is also characterized by an early increased release of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF, IL-1 beta, IL-6), a chemokine (MCP-1), an activation of purinergic receptors (a family of plasma membrane receptors found in almost all mammalian cells), and an increased production of platelets and platelet microparticles. These factors trigger a massive influx of macrophages, as well as in situ proliferation of the resident macrophages and increased synthesis of VEGFs. These responses are followed, in turn, by rapid neovascularization and collagen production by the macrophages, resulting in wound covering with granulation tissue within 24 h.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DifferentiationHumansMacrophagesWound Healing

Identifiers

PMID28455716
PMCPMC5841920
OpenAlexW2609179980

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