Regeneration of injured skin and peripheral nerves requires control of wound contraction, not scar formation

Pharmacological Suppression of CNS Scarring by Deferoxamine Reduces Lesion Volume and Increases Regeneration in an In Vitro Model for Astroglial-Fibrotic Scarring and in Rat Spinal Cord Injury In Vivo

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Calponin 3 regulates stress fiber formation in dermal fibroblasts during wound healing

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Skin Wound Healing and Scarring: Fetal Wounds and Regenerative Restitution

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A biomechanical model of wound contraction and scar formation

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Detrimental dermal wound healing: What can we learn from the oral mucosa?

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Static and dynamic nanomechanical properties of human skin tissue using atomic force microscopy: Effect of scarring in the upper dermis

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Recent Developments in Myofibroblast Biology

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Common features of optimal collagen scaffolds that disrupt wound contraction and enhance regeneration both in peripheral nerves and in skin

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Regional mechanics determine collagen fiber structure in healing myocardial infarcts

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Skin Regeneration in Adult Axolotls: A Blueprint for Scar-Free Healing in Vertebrates

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Whole animal knockout of smooth muscle alpha-actin does not alter excisional wound healing or the fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition

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Collagen Organization Critical Role in Wound Contraction

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Skin wound healing in axolotls: a scarless process

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Scarless healing of oral mucosa is characterized by faster resolution of inflammation and control of myofibroblast action compared to skin wounds in the red Duroc pig model

(2009) Karen Mak et al.   JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Wound healing in oral mucosa results in reduced scar formation as compared with skin: Evidence from the red Duroc pig model and humans

(2009) Joyce W. Wong et al.   WOUND REPAIR AND REGENERATION

Site-specific production of TGF-β in oral mucosal and cutaneous wounds

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