Abstract
For decades tumors have been recognized as "wounds that do not heal." Besides the commonalities that tumors and wounded tissues share, the process of wound healing also portrays similar characteristics with chronic fibrosis. In this review, we suggest a tight interrelationship, which is governed as a concurrence of cellular and microenvironmental reactivity among wound healing, chronic fibrosis, and cancer development/progression (i.e., the WHFC triad). It is clear that the same cell types, as well as soluble and matrix elements that drive wound healing (including regeneration) via distinct signaling pathways, also fuel chronic fibrosis and tumor progression. Hence, here we review the relationship between fibrosis and cancer through the lens of wound healing.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 223-244 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Physiological Genomics |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1 2014 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- Blood Coagulation
- Chronic Disease
- Disease Progression
- Fibrosis
- Humans
- Neoplasms/pathology
- Wound Healing
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