Analysis of the acute and chronic wound environments: the role of proteases and their inhibitors

Trengove, Naomi; Stacey, Michael; P. Macauley, Shawn; T. Bennett, Neil; Whitney Gibson, Jane; Burslem, Frank; Murphy, Gillian; S. Schultz, Gregory

doi:10.1046/j.1524-475x.1999.00442.x

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Analysis of the acute and chronic wound environments: the role of proteases and their inhibitors

Published in Wound Repair and Regeneration • Nov 1, 1999

Authors:

Naomi Trengove

Michael Stacey

Shawn P. Macauley

Abstract

To assess the differences in proteolytic activity of acute and chronic wound environments, wound fluids were collected from acute surgical wounds (22 samples) and chronic wounds (25 samples) of various etiologies, including mixed vessel disease ulcers, decubiti and diabetic foot ulcers. Matrix metal...

Subject

Matrix metalloproteinase

Proteases

Chronic wound

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