Interdependence of lipoxin A₄ and heme-oxygenase in counter-regulating inflammation during corneal wound healing

In the immune-privileged cornea, epithelial wounds heal rapidly with almost no scarring and, unlike in most other tissues, acute inflammation in the absence of infection is beneficial to healing. Molecular mechanisms, which account for this striking property, remain to be clearly defined, but they l...

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