TGF-β3 modulates the inflammatory environment and reduces scar formation following vocal fold mucosal injury in rats

• Главные авторы: Zhen Chang (Автор), Yo Kishimoto (Автор), Ayesha Hasan (Автор), Nathan V. Welham (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: The Company of Biologists, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 and TGF-β3 have been reported to exert differential effects on wound healing, and possibly even account for tissue-specific differences in scar formation. Scarring is particularly detrimental in the vocal fold mucosa (VFM), where destruction of the native extracel...