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. 2021 Jan 18;22(2):897. doi: 10.3390/ijms22020897
aFGF Acidic fibroblast growth factor
bFGF Basic fibroblast growth factor
CAF Cancer-associated fibroblast
CD Cluster of differentiation
CTGF Connective tissue growth factor
CXCL Chemokine ligand
ECM Extracellular matrix
EGF Epidermal growth factor
EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
FAK Focal adhesion kinase
Fibr Fibronectin
FOXA Forkhead Box A
Gal Galectin
GRHL2 Grainyhead-like protein 2 homolog
GATA guanine, adenine, thymine, adenine
GT Granulation tissue
HGF Hepatocyte growth factor
HIF Hypoxia inducible factor
HNF1A HNF1 homeobox A
IGF Insulin growth factor
IL Interleukin
IFN Interferon
KLF4 Kruppel-like factor 4
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MET Mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition
MMP Matrix metalloproteinase
OVOL2 Ovo-like 2
PDGF Platelet-derived growth factor
PGE2 Prostaglandin E2
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SMA Smooth muscle actin
STSG Split thickness skin graft
TIMP Tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase
TGF Transforming growth factor
TNF Tumor necrosis factor
TP63 Tumor protein p63
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
VEGFR Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor
WME Wound microenvironment