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Identification of differentially expressed genes in scarless wound healing utilizing polymerase chain reaction-suppression subtractive hybridization
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Identification of differentially expressed genes in scarless wound healing utilizing polymerase chain reaction-suppression subtractive hybridization

Sandeep Kathju, Latha Satish, Cara Rabik, Terra Rupert, Duane Oswald, Sandra Johnson, Fen Ze Hu, J Christopher Post and Garth D Ehrlich
Wound repair and regeneration, v 14(4), pp 413-420
Jul 2006
PMID: 16939568

Abstract

Rabbits Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4E - metabolism Skin - injuries Wounds, Penetrating - physiopathology Cicatrix - genetics Animals Wounds, Penetrating - genetics Polymerase Chain Reaction Expressed Sequence Tags - metabolism Fetus Peptide Elongation Factor 1 - genetics Wound Healing - genetics Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4E - genetics Peptide Elongation Factor 1 - metabolism Wounds, Penetrating - metabolism
Wound healing in fetal skin is well known to proceed without scarring, whereas adult (postnatal) skin wound healing is accompanied by scar formation. To identify differentially expressed genes during fetal wound (FW) healing, we have used polymerase chain reaction-suppression subtractive hybridization. This technique allows for a comparative analysis across the entire transcriptome of FW vs. unwounded fetal control tissue, including even potentially novel sequences. Our subtractive hybridization protocol identified 15 clones that are overexpressed in healing FWs, and 20 clones that are underexpressed. These include genes with both known and unknown functions. We have confirmed the differential pattern of expression for four of these candidate genes: elongation factor 1 alpha, elongation initiation factor 4e, and two transcripts thus far known only as an expressed sequence tags. With this approach, we have also identified novel genes potentially involved in scarless wound healing.

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