Interferon-gamma inhibits healing post scald burn injury.

Impaired healing after severe burns remains a reason for prolonged hospitalization, opportunistic infections, and debilitating scarring. Interferon-gamma ( IFN-γ) is an important immune regulator that has been shown to inhibit collagen synthesis by fibroblasts, resulting in delayed healing in incisi...

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Published in:Wound Repair & Regeneration Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 580 - 592
Main Authors: Shen, Haitao, Yao, Pamela, Lee, Eunyoung, Greenhalgh, David, Soulika, Athena M.
Format: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jul/Aug2012
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