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especially monocytes and fibroblasts (6). In addition to the three mammalian TGF-β isomers<br />

(TGF-β1, -β2 and -β3), the TGF-β superfamily comprises the activ<strong>in</strong>s, and bone<br />

morphogenetic prote<strong>in</strong>s, as well as many other factors that are all thought to play major roles <strong>in</strong><br />

differentiation and tissue morphogenesis (293).<br />

Table V Growth factor signals at the wound site. Modified from (Mart<strong>in</strong>, 1997)<br />

Growth factor Source Primary target cells and effect Refs.<br />

EGF Platelets Kerat<strong>in</strong>ocyte motogen and mitogen (3)<br />

TGF-α Macrophages;<br />

kerat<strong>in</strong>ocytes<br />

Kerat<strong>in</strong>ocyte motogen and mitogen (3, 8)<br />

HB-EGF Macrophages Kerat<strong>in</strong>ocyte and fibroblast mitogen (15)<br />

FGFs 1, 2, and 4 Macrophages and damaged<br />

endothelial cells<br />

Angiogenic and fibroblast mitogen (4)<br />

FGF7 (KGF) Dermal fibroblasts Kerat<strong>in</strong>ocyte motogen and mitogen (4, 294)<br />

PDGF Platelets;<br />

Chemotactic for macrophages, (5)<br />

macrophages;<br />

fibroblasts; macrophage activation,<br />

kerat<strong>in</strong>ocytes<br />

fibroblast mitogen, and matrix<br />

production<br />

IGF-1 Plasma; platelets Endothelial cell and fibroblast mitogen (8, 295)<br />

VEGF Kerat<strong>in</strong>ocytes;<br />

macrophages<br />

Angiogenesis (19)<br />

TGF-β1 and -β2 Platelets; macrophages Kerat<strong>in</strong>ocyte migration; chemotactic<br />

for macrophages and fibroblasts;<br />

fibroblast matrix syn<strong>thesis</strong> and<br />

remodel<strong>in</strong>g<br />

(6)<br />

TGF-β3 Macrophages Antiscarr<strong>in</strong>g (6)<br />

CTGF Fibroblasts; endothelia Fibroblasts; downstream of TGF-1 (287)<br />

Activ<strong>in</strong> Fibroblasts; kerat<strong>in</strong>ocytes Currently unknown (296)<br />

IL-1αand -β Neutrophils Early activators of growth factor<br />

expression <strong>in</strong> macrophages,<br />

kerat<strong>in</strong>ocytes, and fibroblasts<br />

(13)<br />

TNF-α Neutrophils Similar to the IL-1s (13)<br />

HGF Fibroblasts Epidermal cell proliferation and<br />

migration<br />

(16)<br />

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