Therapeutic potential of fibroblast growth factor-2 for hypertrophic scars: upregulation of MMP-1 and HGF expression

Adipose Injury–Associated Factors Mitigate Hypoxia in Ischemic Tissues through Activation of Adipose-Derived Stem/Progenitor/Stromal Cells and Induction of Angiogenesis

(2011) Hitomi Eto et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Genetics of keloid scarring

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Fibroblasts from the growing margin of keloid scars produce higher levels of collagen I and III compared with intralesional and extralesional sites: clinical implications for lesional site-directed therapy

(2010) F. Syed et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

The Effect of Combined Steroid and Calcium Channel Blocker Injection on Human Hypertrophic Scars in Animal Model: A New Strategy for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Scars

(2010) Jui-Yung Yang et al.   DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY

A genome-wide association study identifies four susceptibility loci for keloid in the Japanese population

(2010) Mitsuko Nakashima et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The Most Current Algorithms for the Treatment and Prevention of Hypertrophic Scars and Keloids

(2010) Rei Ogawa   PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

TGF-β and fibrosis in different organs — molecular pathway imprints

(2009) Dirk Pohlers et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE

Analysis of Neuropeptides in Stretched Skin

(2009) Michael S. Chin et al.   PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

Basic fibroblast growth factor: A potential new therapeutic tool for the treatment of hypertrophic and keloid scars

(2008) Stephan Tiede et al.   ANNALS OF ANATOMY-ANATOMISCHER ANZEIGER

Effects of basic fibroblast growth factor on the expression of extracellular matrix and matrix metalloproteinase-1 in wound healing

(2008) J. Xie et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars: Are They Two Different Sides of the Same Coin?

(2008) OSMAN KÖSE et al.   DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY

Fibroblast growth factor represses Smad-mediated myofibroblast activation in aortic valvular interstitial cells

(2008) Melinda C. Cushing et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

The hidden cost of skin scars: quality of life after skin scarring

(2008) B.C. Brown et al.   Journal of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Current Progress in Keloid Research and Treatment

(2008) Paris D. Butler et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

IFATS Collection: Fibroblast Growth Factor-2-Induced Hepatocyte Growth Factor Secretion by Adipose-Derived Stromal Cells Inhibits Postinjury Fibrogenesis Through a c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase-Dependent Mechanism

(2008) Hirotaka Suga et al.   STEM CELLS

Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) alleviates the scar of the rabbit ear model in wound healing

(2008) Ju Lin Xie et al.   WOUND REPAIR AND REGENERATION

Gene Profiling of Keloid Fibroblasts Shows Altered Expression in Multiple Fibrosis-Associated Pathways

(2007) Joan C. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY