Macrophage Dysregulation and Impaired Skin Wound Healing in Diabetes

Monocytes (Mo) and macrophages (Mɸ) play important roles in normal skin wound healing, and dysregulation of wound Mo/Mɸ leads to impaired wound healing in diabetes. Although skin wound Mɸ originate both from tissue resident Mɸ and infiltrating bone marrow-derived Mo, the latter play dominant roles during the inflammatory phase of wound repair. Increased production of bone marrow Mo caused by alterations of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell...