Fibroblast State Switching Orchestrates Dermal Maturation And Wound Healing

December 2017 in “ bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) ”

Emanuel Rognoni, Angela Oliveira Pisco, Toru Hiratsuka, Kalle Sipilä, Julio M. Belmonte, S A Mobasseri, Christina Philippeos, Rui Dilão, Fiona M. Watt

fibroblast extracellular matrix ECM dermal architecture wound healing cell proliferation skin regeneration

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Studysummary This study found that fibroblast behavior switching between proliferation and ECM deposition is vital for dermal architecture, where cell migration is primarily important for tissue repair during wound healing.

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