ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Stimulation of oral fibroblast chemokine receptors identifies CCR3 and CCR4 as potential wound healing targets† Jeroen Kees Buskermolen1, Sanne Roffel1, Susan Gibbs1,2,* 1 Department of Oral Cell Biology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Dermatology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands *Corresponding author: Prof. Susan Gibbs,
[email protected]; Department of Oral Cell Biology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Gustav Mahlerlaan 3004, 1081 LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands Running head: Oral fibroblast chemokine-receptor function Keywords: Gingiva Chemokine Cytokine Proliferation Migration Abbreviations: ACKR atypical chemokine receptor ECM extracellular matrix ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay HGF hepatic growth factor hTERT human telomerase reverse transcriptase IL interleukin MEC mucosae-associated epithelial chemokine TIMP-1 tissue-inhibitor-of-metalloproteinase-1 †This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: [10.1002/jcp.25946] Received 16 February 2017; Revised 5 April 2017; Accepted 5 April 2017 Journal of Cellular Physiology This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved DOI 10.1002/jcp.25946 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved 1 Abstract The focus of this study was to determine which chemokine receptors are present on oral fibroblasts and whether these receptors influence proliferation, migration and/or the release of wound healing mediators. This information may provide insight into the superior wound healing characteristics of the oral mucosa.