MAPK13 and Hyperglycemia: Further, MAPK13, which regulates matrix remodeling and promotes inflammation, CXCR2, an IL-8 receptor that drives inflammation, and thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1), which inhibits angiogenesis, play a role in wound healing, but the effect of hyperglycemia on the expression of these mediators during wound healing is not well understood.