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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A new study from researchers at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans have identified a molecule that could counteract the impact of impaired macrophages, speeding wound healing for diabetics.
Microphages are white blood cells that feed on cellular debris, foreign substances, microbes and cancer cells, and are part of the process of wound healing. When the function of the cells is impaired, as often is the case for those with type 2 diabetes, wound healing is slowed.
However, as part of the new study, Louisiana researchers have discovered molecules called maresin-Ls, which reduce inflammation and restore function of the macrophages, promoting wound healing.
http://diabeteshealth.com/read/2014...ntify-molecules-that-restore-wound-healing--/
Microphages are white blood cells that feed on cellular debris, foreign substances, microbes and cancer cells, and are part of the process of wound healing. When the function of the cells is impaired, as often is the case for those with type 2 diabetes, wound healing is slowed.
However, as part of the new study, Louisiana researchers have discovered molecules called maresin-Ls, which reduce inflammation and restore function of the macrophages, promoting wound healing.
http://diabeteshealth.com/read/2014...ntify-molecules-that-restore-wound-healing--/