Oxygen: At the Foundation of Wound Healing—Introduction

Author: Hunt Thomas K.  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0364-2313

Source: World Journal of Surgery, Vol.28, Iss.3, 2004-03, pp. : 291-293

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Abstract

“Wound Healing: Oxygen & Emerging Therapeutics” Columbus, Ohio, September 12–15, 2002. Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (R13AR049171), International Union of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and UNESCO-Global Network of Molecular & Cell Biology. Conference co-chairs: Chandan K. Sen, the Ohio State University Medical Center and Thomas K. Hunt, University of California- San Francisco. This congress was conceived for two reasons: to consolidate what is known about oxygen in the repair process and to stimulate discussion about new developments of control of healing by redox regulated signaling processes. A historical and evolutionary perspective on the role of oxygen in wound healing—from the classical physiology of oxygen in the wound to the refined concept of redox signaling— is presented.