Mice Bred without TSP2 Protein Heal Faster in Model of Diabetic Wounds (IMAGE)

Experimental Biology

Mice Bred without TSP2 Protein Heal Faster in Model of Diabetic Wounds

Caption

Wound healing is improved in diabetic mice lacking TSP2. These are magnified images of wounds 10 days after injury from (A) diabetic mice and (B) diabetic mice lacking TSP2. The sections are stained with Masson's Trichrome, which allows visualization of extracellular matrix (blue) and new epithelium (light pink) in the healing wound. The black arrows indicate the wound edges. The wound in the diabetic mouse remains open, while the wound in the diabetic mouse lacking TSP2 is closed.

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Britta Kunkemoeller, Yale University.

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