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SUBMITTER: Ko SH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3220686 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ko Sae Hee SH Nauta Allison A Morrison Shane D SD Zhou Hongyan H Zimmermann Andrew A Gurtner Geoffrey C GC Ding Sheng S Longaker Michael T MT
PloS one 20111118 11
Diabetic wounds remain a major medical challenge with often disappointing outcomes despite the best available care. An impaired response to tissue hypoxia and insufficient angiogenesis are major factors responsible for poor healing in diabetic wounds. Here we show that the antimycotic drug ciclopirox olamine (CPX) can induce therapeutic angiogenesis in diabetic wounds. Treatment with CPX in vitro led to upregulation of multiple angiogenic genes and increased availability of HIF-1α. Using an exci ...[more]