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Decoding elastin-collagen resemblance in keloid scar through label-free imaging and machine learning.

Chuncheng Wang¹, Jia Meng¹, Lingxi Zhou¹

¹Zhejiang University, State Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Hangzhou, China.

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Label-free imaging reveals that keloid scar tissues have the highest elastin-collagen resemblance. This finding offers new insights into extracellular matrix remodeling during aberrant wound healing.

Keywords:

bio-photonics collagen fiber elastin fiber extracellular matrix keloid scar

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Dermatology
Materials Science

Background:

Aberrant wound healing, such as keloid scar formation, involves complex extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling.
Understanding the interplay between fibrous structures like elastin and collagen is crucial for developing effective treatments.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a label-free imaging method to characterize fibrous structures in keloid scar tissues.
To quantify the morphological and organizational similarity between elastin and collagen fibers in human skin samples.

Main Methods:

Multiphoton microscopy was employed for ex vivo imaging of human skin samples, utilizing endogenous signals from elastin and collagen.
A novel algorithm was designed to calculate a "resemblance metric" (RM) quantifying elastin-collagen similarity.
The method was applied to normal, keloid, and adjacent skin tissues.

Main Results:

Keloid scar tissues demonstrated the highest elastin-collagen resemblance.
Adjacent tissues exhibited the greatest heterogeneity, with the RM parameter achieving over 98% accuracy in their identification.
The study successfully identified inter-heterotypic-fibrous resemblance features with high sensitivity.

Conclusions:

The developed "resemblance metric" (RM) provides a sensitive tool for analyzing elastin-collagen interactions in keloid scars.
This approach offers a new perspective for understanding ECM remodeling mechanisms in aberrant wound healing.
Label-free imaging and quantitative analysis of fibrous structures can significantly advance scar research.