“…Growing evidence suggests that EGFR is a key functional regulator of keratinocyte responses to a vast array of extracellular stimuli including specific EGFR ligands, ligands for other cell surface receptors such as G-protein-coupled and cytokine receptors, and a number of nonligand agents such as H2O2, UV, heat, radiation, and some chemotherapeutics (8,24,25,30). Disparate mechanisms of EGFR activation in skin cells under physiological and pathological conditions suggest that it could mediate numerous cellular functions, for example, changes of cell shape, proliferation, migration, adhesion, and inflammatory responses during wound healing (28,30,34,45). The experimental data demonstrate that the EGFR system plays a relevant role in the epidermal cell reaction to wounding, first by mounting a robust, but transient inflammation (7,26,27,30).…”