The rate of wound healing is increased in psoriasis

Psoriasis shares many features with wound healing, a process that involves switching keratinocytes from growth to differentiation. Ca2+ is known to regulate this process. The N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR), an ionotropic glutamate receptor found on keratinocytes, is expressed abnormally in psoriasis in vivo.The goals of this study are to determine whether the rate of healing in the skin of psoriatic individuals differs from that observed...