2024
Targeting hypoxia and thrombospondin‐2 in diabetic wound healing
Huang Y, Xing H, Naud S, Kyriakides T. Targeting hypoxia and thrombospondin‐2 in diabetic wound healing. The FASEB Journal 2024, 38: e70091. PMID: 39383062, PMCID: PMC11486302, DOI: 10.1096/fj.202302429rrr.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThrombospondin-2Diabetic miceWound healingHIF-1aMatricellular protein thrombospondin-2Diabetic woundsImpaired wound healingWounds of diabetic miceDimethyloxalylglycine treatmentTargeting hypoxiaSustained hypoxiaDiabetic patientsTSP2 expressionCell dysfunctionIncreased neovascularizationDiabetic wound healingGenetic ablationDiabetic fibroblastsElevated glucoseReduced hypoxiaImprove healingImmunofluorescence analysisHIF-1a activationHypoxiaWestern blotting
2019
Thrombospondin-2 regulates extracellular matrix production, LOX levels, and cross-linking via downregulation of miR-29
Calabro NE, Barrett A, Chamorro-Jorganes A, Tam S, Kristofik NJ, Xing H, Loye AM, Sessa WC, Hansen K, Kyriakides TR. Thrombospondin-2 regulates extracellular matrix production, LOX levels, and cross-linking via downregulation of miR-29. Matrix Biology 2019, 82: 71-85. PMID: 30876926, PMCID: PMC6710120, DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2019.03.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsECM protein productionProtein productionLysyl oxidaseThrombospondin-2MiR-29Matricellular proteinQuantitative proteomics approachLevels of LOXExtracellular matrix productionProteomic approachECM proteinsMajor regulatorECM homeostasisExtracellular matrixMatrix productionProteinCollagen fibrillogenesisMiR-29 expressionFibrillar collagenImportant modulatorDependent processesLOX levelsRegulatorProductionHomeostasis