Figure 2.

Processes active in acute and chronic wounds. Acute wounds (left side): Adequate angiogenesis with re-epithelialization promotion, fibroblasts’ proliferation, and neutrophils’ anti-infection activities. Chronic wounds (right side): Persistent local bacterial infections, failure formation of novel blood vessels. decreased fibroblasts’ proliferation, and the neutrophils’ anti-infection activities hampered by poor angiogenesis.