Early intervention by Captopril does not improve wound healing of partial thickness burn wounds in a rat model.

"Conflicts of interest We wish to confirm that there are no known conflicts of interest associated with this publication and there has been no significant financial support for this work that could have influenced its outcome. We confirm that the manuscript has been read and approved by all named authors and that there are no other persons who satisfied the criteria for authorship but are not listed. We further confirm that the order of authors listed in the manuscript has been approved by all of us. We further confirm that any aspect of the work covered in this manuscript that has involved experimental animals has been conducted with the ethical approval of all relevant bodies and that such approvals are acknowledged within the manuscript."

"We would also like to thank Ms. W. Talhout, C. Baak and Mr. S. Pouw for their technical assistance. This project was financially supported by The Dutch Burn Foundation, Beverwijk, The Netherlands (project NBS WO 10.109), The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (project MKMD 114024041) and the European Commission (FP7-HEALTH-2011-1, Grant Agreement no. 279024), project EuroSkinGraft. We wish to confirm that there are no known conflicts of interest associated with this publication and there has been no significant financial support for this work that could have influenced its outcome."