Intervention | Knockout |
Genetic background | C57BL/6 |
Wound model | Full-Thickness Excisional Punch |
Wound Dimensions | 5 mm â |
Wound Location | Dorsum |
Effect on skin wound healing | Defects in proliferation and migration of keratinocytes during re-epithelialization; Reduced epidermal proliferation; delayed keratinocyte activation; altered cell-cell adhesion and impaired ECM development; Post wounding: lack of E-Cadherin suppression in the migratory tongue; insufficient expression of alpha smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) in the dermis; robust induction of K8; dysregulated expression of several hair follicle (HF) stem cell markers |
References | Liang et al. 2012 |