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Nature 442, 457-460 (27 July 2006) | doi:10.1038/nature04925;

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Electrical signals control wound healing through phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase-|[gamma]| and PTEN

Wound healing is essential for maintaining the integrity of multicellular organisms. In every species studied, disruption of an epithelial layer instantaneously generates endogenous electric fields, which have been proposed to be important in wound healing.

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