Implantation is the first step in human reproduction. Successful implantation depends on the
crosstalk between embryo and endometrium. Recurrent implantation failure (RIF) is a …

Wound healing is an evolutionarily conserved, complex, multicellular process that, in skin,
aims at barrier restoration. This process involves the coordinated efforts of several cell types …

Inflammatory response is a critical stage in typical wound healing. Although studies have
reported that some bioactive materials can modulate the polarization of macrophages to …

Werner, Sabine, and Richard Grose. Regulation of Wound Healing by Growth Factors and
Cytokines. Physiol Rev 83: 835–870, 2003; 10.1152/physrev. 00032.2002.—Cutaneous …

Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) have been isolated from circulating mononuclear cells in
human peripheral blood and shown to be incorporated into foci of neovascularization …

Bone marrow is a preferred metastatic site for multiple solid tumours and is associated with
poor prognosis and significant morbidity. Accumulating evidence indicates that cancer cells …

Often those diseases most evasive to therapeutic intervention usurp the human body's own
cellular machinery or deregulate normal physiological processes for propagation. Tumor …

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is a polypeptide growth factor that regulates
the production of neutrophilic granulocytes. This physiologic process serves as the …

Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF, also known as Scatter Factor) is a powerful mitogen or
motility factor in different cells, acting through the tyrosine kinase receptor encoded by the …

The in vivo function of murine granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF)
was investigated in mice, carrying a null allele of the GM-CSF gene, that were generated by …