This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Topical 5-azacytidine accelerates skin wound healing in rats 1 Fabiana S. Gomes, RN 1,2 , Gabriela F. de-Souza, PhD 2 , Lucas F. Nascimento, MS 2 , Eva L. Arantes, RN 1,2 , Rafael M. Pedro 1,2 , Daniele C. Vitorino, PhD 2 , Carla E. Nunez PhD 2 , Maria H. Lima, RN, PhD 1 , Lício A. Velloso, MD, PhD 2 , Eliana P. Araújo, RN, PhD 1,2 1 Nursing School, 2 Laboratory of Cell Signaling – Obesity and Comorbidities Research Center, University of Campinas, Brazil Corresponding Author Eliana P. Araujo Email pa.eliana@gmail.com Nursing School, University of Campinas 13084-970 – Campinas SP, Brazil Manuscript received: 26 July 2013 Accepted: 11 July 2014 This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/wrr.12213 Accepted Article