Microbial Symbionts Accelerate Wound Healing via the Neuropeptide Hormone Oxytocin

Wound healing capability is inextricably linked with diverse aspects of physical fitness ranging from recovery after minor injuries and surgery to diabetes and some types of cancer. Impact of the microbiome upon the mammalian wound healing process is poorly understood. We discover that supplementing...

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Main Authors: Poutahidis, Theofilos, Levkovich, Tatiana, Qi, Peimin, Chatzigiagkos, Antonis, Alm, Eric J., Erdman, Susan E., Kearney, Sean Michael, Varian, Bernard, Lakritz, Jessica, Ibrahim, Yassin
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/83861
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8294-9364
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8033-8380