Topically Applied Connective Tissue Growth Factor/CCN2 Improves Diabetic Preclinical Cutaneous Wound Healing: Potential Role for CTGF in Human Diabetic Foot Ulcer Healing

Table 2

Wound breaking strength data in all groups.

	Young’s modulus	Tear strength	Tear strain	Ultimate strength	Final strain
C + PBS alone	0.93 ± 0.09	0.56 ± 0.06	1.17 ± 0.10	1.06 ± 0.01	3.45 ± 0.22^*
DM + PBS alone	0.87 ± 0.13	0.46 ± 0.05	0.71 ± 0.06	0.81 ± 0.13	2.20 ± 0.16
C + CTGF	1.21 ± 0.11	0.53 ± 0.05	1.04 ± 0.10	0.89 ± 0.06	3.08 ± 0.27^*
DM + CTGF	1.01 ± 0.17	0.53 ± 0.05	0.87 ± 0.18	0.86 ± 0.10	2.32 ± 0.22

Data are mean ± SD; each ^* versus DM + PBS, by ANOVA.