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Human Ex vivo Wound Model and Whole-Mount Staining Approach to Accurately Evaluate Skin Repair
Published on: February 17, 2021
Experimental approaches to chronic wounds
V Falanga1, F Grinnel, B Gilchrest
1Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33136, USA.
Abstract:
The pathogenesis of most chronic wounds is unknown. In this report, we summarize several areas of investigation which appear ready for further progress and which were discussed at a recent National Institutes of Health workshop on this subject. Of note were presentations of research on the role of fibrosis in wound healing, interaction of cytokines, hypoxia, extracellular matrix formation, keratinocyte migration, and involvement of proteases and neuropeptides in chronic wounds.
