The Skinny on Fats in Wound Healing

Praveen R Arany

doi:10.1016/j.jid.2018.04.020

The Skinny on Fats in Wound Healing

J Invest Dermatol. 2018 Sep;138(9):1909-1910. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2018.04.020.

Author

Praveen R Arany¹

Affiliation

¹ School of Dental Medicine, Oral Biology and Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA. Electronic address: prarany@buffalo.edu.

PMID: 30143079
DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2018.04.020

Abstract

The sequential wound healing cascade promotes optimal repair. However, prolonged or overly vigorous individual phases impede healing. Although most wound therapies focus on initiating the healing process by supplementing growth factors or matrices, the study by Hellmann et al. highlights the role of lipid molecules termed resolvins, specifically RvD1 and RvD2, as promoters of epithelial wound closure.

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MeSH terms

Docosahexaenoic Acids*
Skin*

Substances

Docosahexaenoic Acids