Social isolation impairs oral palatal wound healing in sprague-dawley rats: a role for miR-29 and miR-203 via VEGF suppression.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of social isolation on oral mucosal healing in rats, and to determine if wound-associated genes and microRNAs (miRNAs) may contribute to this response. METHODS: Rats were group housed or socially isolated for 4 weeks before a 3.5 mm wound was placed on the hard...

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Main Authors: Linglan Yang, Christopher G Engeland, Bin Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3739786?pdf=render