Wound Healing: Carbon Dots Induce Epithelial‐Mesenchymal Transition for Promoting Cutaneous Wound Healing via Activation of TGF‐β/p38/Snail Pathway (Adv. Funct. Mater. 43/2020)

In article number 2004886, Xiaowei Xu, Ding Zhou, Hongchen Sun, and co-workers synthesize carbon dots with excellent biocompatibility via microwave-assisted heating of ascorbic acid and polyethyleneimine. The synthesized carbon dots can induce the epithelial-mesenchymal transition process by activating the transforming growth factor-β/p-38 mitogen-activated kinase/Snail signaling pathway, leading to increased cell motility, and thus promote full-thickness cutaneous wound healing with fewer scars.