2018
Elevated Thrombospondin‐2 Contributes to Delayed Wound Healing in Diabetes
Kunkemoeller B, Kyriakides T. Elevated Thrombospondin‐2 Contributes to Delayed Wound Healing in Diabetes. The FASEB Journal 2018, 32: 414.3-414.3. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.414.3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchKO mice exhibitThrombospondin-2TSP2 expressionDiabetes patientsImpaired healingMouse modelWound healingMice exhibitDb/db miceWild-type miceKO mouse modelUnderlying pathological mechanismsImpaired wound healingDelayed Wound HealingFull-text articlesMajor complicationsDiabetes complicationsDb miceKO miceTreatment strategiesTissue injuryDiabetesPathological mechanismsDiabetic woundsChronic wounds
2016
Nanoparticle delivery of miR-223 to attenuate macrophage fusion
Moore LB, Sawyer AJ, Saucier-Sawyer J, Saltzman WM, Kyriakides TR. Nanoparticle delivery of miR-223 to attenuate macrophage fusion. Biomaterials 2016, 89: 127-135. PMID: 26967647, PMCID: PMC4924476, DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.02.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsForeign body giant cellsMiR-223 mimicsMiR-223Foreign body responseMacrophage fusionSubsequent cytoskeletal rearrangementMiR microarrayKO miceRole of microRNAsMolecular mediatorsNegative regulatorGiant cellsPrimary macrophagesFusion of macrophagesNovel mediatorPrecise mechanismFusion-competent stateTherapeutic inhibitorsBody responseMacrophagesNanoparticle deliveryImplant modelMediatorsEventual encapsulationPost-transcriptional level