An “Ancient” Frog Gene Accelerates Skin Wound Healing in Mice
Researchers from the Department of Genomics and Postgenomic Technologies at the State Research Center Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Department of Regenerative Medicine at Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University have shown that the ag1 gene, an important regulator of regeneration in amphibians that was lost in all amniotes, including reptiles, birds, and mammals, during evolution, can accelerate skin wound healing when introduced into the mouse genome. Activation of this gene in transgenic mice was found to trigger molecular programs associated with regeneration-biased and scar- reduced tissue repair. These findings open new perspectives for fundamental research in tissue regeneration and repair. The results are published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. Learn more
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