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    Retracted: Tanshinone IIA Pretreatment Protects Free Flaps Against Hypoxic Injury by Activating Wnt Signaling and Upregulating Stem Cell-Related Biomarkers

    Zihan Xu, Zhenxin Zhang, Lijun Wu … Wenjie Gao
    Studysummary Tanshinone IIA helps protect tissue from low oxygen damage by activating certain cell pathways.
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    1. Wnt Signaling and Injury Repair Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology · 2012
    2. Wnt-Dependent De Novo Hair Follicle Regeneration in Adult Mouse Skin After Wounding Nature · 2007

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