Reepithelialization of Diabetic Skin and Mucosal Wounds Is Rescued by Treatment With Epigenetic Inhibitors.

Unlabelled: Wound healing is a complex, highly regulated process and is substantially disrupted by diabetes. We show here that human wound healing induces specific epigenetic changes that are exacerbated by diabetes in an animal model. We identified epigenetic changes and gene expression alterations that significantly reduce reepithelialization of skin and mucosal wounds in an in vivo model of diabetes, which were dramatically rescued in vivo by blocking these changes.