Research advances in healing mechanism of chronic refractory wounds mediated by long non-coding RNA

Abstract

Chronic refractory wound refers to the wound with unclear etiology, multiple and complex injury factors, slow healing, and no obvious tendency of healing after treatment for 4 weeks. The formation and evolution process of chronic refractory wounds are very complex, involving re-epithelialization of wound tissue, cell proliferation, tissue remodeling, and angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis. The abnormal expression of long non-coding RNA may be involved in the formation of chronic refractory wounds, but the specific pathogenesis and related molecular biological changes are still controversial. In this paper, we reviewed the process and role of long non-coding RNA in regulating keratinocyte differentiation, fibroblast proliferation, and regeneration of vascular and lymphatic endothelial cell in chronic refractory wounds.