Figure 4.
Gene expression profiles of pro-inflammatory cytokine genes and growth factor genes after 6 h and heat shock protein gene transcript levels after 12 h as well as desmoglein gene and AMP gene expression after 48 h for HaCaT keratinocyte scratches treated with wIRA, heating w/o wIRA and UV-B irradiation. Hashtags [#] designate significant differences of scratch wound healing or transcription levels at the respective time point compared to the control under optimal conditions (# p < 0.05, ## p < 0.01, ### p < 0.001) while the plus sign [+] specifies significant differences between wIRA-treated samples and those receiving heating w/o wIRA under non-optimal conditions at the respective time point (+ p < 0.05, ++ p < 0.01).