Plasma fibronectin has been proposed to play a role in wound healing. Studies with conditional knockout mice, however, indicate that fibronectin has more to do with protecting cells from ischemic damage after stroke (pages 324-330).
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Mosher, D. A role for fibronectin in self-repair after ischemic injury. Nat Med 7, 290–292 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/85426
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