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Growth factors and flap survival

✍ Scribed by Feng Zhang; William Waller; William C. Lineaweaver

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Weight: 87 KB
Volume: 24
Category: Article
ISSN: 0738-1085
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20041

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Growth factors are members of a large functional group of polypeptide regulatory molecules that influence the biological activities of responsive cells. In the last decade, the use of a variety of growth factors as therapeutic agents to improve wound healing and the viability of ischemic skin flaps has aroused considerable interest. Here, we review the literature concerning the regulation of growth factors in a flap, the role of angiogenesis in flap survival, the effect of growth factors on the metabolism of a flap, and angiogenesis in flap prefabrication and maturation. The potential application of growth factors in gene therapies is also reviewed. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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