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. 2020 Jul 23;9(8):472–490. doi: 10.1089/wound.2019.1105

Table 2.

Summary of the cellular mechanisms involving the intracellular signaling activated by fatty acid receptors during skin wound healing

Title Author Year Agonist Pathway Resollution
New Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Agonist (GQ-11) Improves Wound Healing in Diabetic Mice Silva 2019 GQ-11 PPARγ Accelerates wound closure in diabetic mice by upregulated anti-inflammatory/pro-healing factors Il-10, Arg-1 and Tgf-b Il-10, Vegf, downregulated Il-1b, IL-6 and Tnf-a.
Macrophage PPARγ and impaired wound healing in type 2 diabetes. Mirza 2015 Prostaglandin J2 PPARγ Improved healing in diabetic mice, decreased expression of IL-1β, TNF-α, IL-6 and increased VEGF, IGF and TGF-β via NF-kβ signaling in wound diabetic mice
Topical Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Accelerates Skin Wound Healing in Rats and Activates GPR120. Arantes 2016 Docosahezaenoic (DHA) FFAR4/GPR120 Wound healing was accelerated, reduction in the expression of interleukin (IL) 1β and an increase in the expression of IL-6, increase in expression of transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) and the keratinocyte marker involucrum
12-Hydroxyheptadecatrienoic acid promotes epidermal wound healing by accelerating keratinocyte migration via the BLT2 receptor. Liu 2014 Arachidonic acid BLT2 12-HHT/BLT2 axis promotes wound healing by accelerating keratinocyte migration through NF-kB–Dependent upregulation of TNF and MMP9
Prostaglandin E2 differentially modulates human fetal and adult dermal fibroblast migration and contraction: implication for wound healing. Sandulache 2006 Prostaglandin E2 EP2/EP4 Inhibits fetal and adult fibroblast migration
Prostaglandin D2 inhibits wound-induced hair follicle neogenesis through the receptor, Gpr44. Nelson 2013 Prostaglandin E2 gpr44 Decreased WIHN
Time heals all wounds—but 12-HHT is faster. Gus-Brautbar 2014 12-hydroxyheptadecatrienoic acid 12-HHT BLT2 Synthetic BLT2 agonist accelerated wound closure in a mouse diabetes model
Upregulation of prostaglandin EP4 receptor messenger RNA in fetal rabbit skin wound. Li 2000 Prostaglandin EP4 EP4 In normal skin, the EP4 receptor messenger RNA levels were higher in adults than in fetuses. Twelve hours after wounding, the EP4 receptor transcript was remarkably induced in fetal skin wounds but repressed in adult skin wounds
Effects of TS-022, a newly developed prostanoid DP1 receptor agonist, on experimental pruritus, cutaneous barrier disruptions and atopic dermatitis in mice. Arai 2007 Prostaglandin D2 Prostanoid DP(1) receptor Suppressive effect on scratching and its effect of accelerating repair of the disrupted cutaneous barrier