Journal
HUMAN GENE THERAPY
Volume 11, Issue 15, Pages 2143-2158Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/104303400750001444
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The healing of tissue involves a wide range of molecular, cellular, and physiological events that are coordinated in a temporally specific manner. The cellular transcription factor early growth response factor 1 (Egr-1) is expressed minutes after acute injury and serves to stimulate the production of a class of growth factors whose role is to promote tissue repair. We have studied the effects of Egr-1 expression at the site of dermal wounding in rodents. We find that Egr-1 promotes angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo, increases collagen production, and accelerates wound closure. These results show that Egr-1 gene therapy accelerates the normal healing process and raises the potential use of this therapeutic transcription factor for any aspect of tissue repair.
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