Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Hyperglycaemia inhibits REG3A expression to exacerbate TLR3-mediated skin inflammation in diabetes

  • Yelin Wu,
  • Yanchun Quan,
  • Yuanqi Liu,
  • Keiwei Liu,
  • Hongquan Li,
  • Ziwei Jiang,
  • Tian Zhang,
  • Hu Lei,
  • Katherine A. Radek,
  • Dongqing Li,
  • Zhenhua Wang,
  • Jilong Lu,
  • Wang Wang,
  • Shizhao Ji,
  • Zhaofan Xia,
  • Yuping Lai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13393
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Patients with diabetes often have delayed wound healing, associated with excessive inflammation. Here the authors report that REG3A inhibits TLR3-driven inflammation in skin wounds, and show that REG3A is reduced in models of diabetes, which exacerbates inflammation in diabetic wounds.