Wound repair capability in EDS fibroblasts can be retrieved by exogenous type V collagen

ScientificWorldJournal. 2008 Oct 3:8:956-8. doi: 10.1100/tsw.2008.131.

Abstract

Impaired wound healing is a typical clinical hallmark of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS). Mutated fibroblasts from EDS patients, which deposit an abnormal extracellular matrix, showed defective migration resulting in a marked delay in wound repair. The migratory capability remarkably improved in the presence of exogenous type V collagen.

MeSH terms

  • Collagen Type V / therapeutic use*
  • Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / drug therapy*
  • Fibroblasts / physiology*
  • Wound Healing / physiology*

Substances

  • Collagen Type V