TY - JOUR
T1 - Scarless wound healing
T2 - Transitioning from fetal research to regenerative healing
AU - Moore, Alessandra L.
AU - Marshall, Clement D.
AU - Barnes, Leandra A.
AU - Murphy, Matthew P.
AU - Ransom, Ryan C.
AU - Longaker, Michael T.
N1 - Funding Information:
A.L.M., MD’s research is supported by the Society of University Surgeons Resident Scholar Award as well as the Stanford University Tissue and Transplant Engineering Center of Excellence Program Fellowship. C.D.M., MD is supported by the American College of Surgeons Resident Research Scholarship, the Stanford University Child Health Research Institute, and the Stanford University Transplant and Tissue Engineering Center of Excellence. L.A.B., BA is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical Research Fellow. Special Thanks to Tripp Leavitt, MD for his artistic contributions to our group. A.L.M., MD was the primary author, editor, and researcher. C.D.M., MD contributed the next most significant authorship. The remaining authors (Barnes, Murphy, Ransom) contributed equally to the manuscript and thus are listed in alphabetical order. M.T.L., MD MBA was the senior author, editor, and corresponding author.
Funding Information:
Stanford University Transplant and Tissue Engineering Center of Excellence; Stanford University Child Health Research Institute; American College of Surgeons Resident Research Scholarship; Stanford University Tissue and Transplant Engineering Center of Excellence Program Fellowship; Society of University Surgeons Resident Scholar Award
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2018/3/1
Y1 - 2018/3/1
N2 - Since the discovery of scarless fetal skin wound healing, research in the field has expanded significantly with the hopes of advancing the finding to adult human patients. There are several differences between fetal and adult skin that have been exploited to facilitate scarless healing in adults including growth factors, cytokines, and extracellular matrix substitutes. However, no one therapy, pathway, or cell subtype is sufficient to support scarless wound healing in adult skin. More recently, products that contain or mimic fetal and adult uninjured dermis were introduced to the wound healing market with promising clinical outcomes. Through our review of the major experimental targets of fetal wound healing, we hope to encourage research in areas that may have a significant clinical impact. Additionally, we will investigate therapies currently in clinical use and evaluate whether they represent a legitimate advance in regenerative medicine or a vulnerary agent. WIREs Dev Biol 2018, 7:e309. doi: 10.1002/wdev.309. This article is categorized under: Adult Stem Cells, Tissue Renewal, and Regeneration > Regeneration Plant Development > Cell Growth and Differentiation Adult Stem Cells, Tissue Renewal, and Regeneration > Environmental Control of Stem Cells.
AB - Since the discovery of scarless fetal skin wound healing, research in the field has expanded significantly with the hopes of advancing the finding to adult human patients. There are several differences between fetal and adult skin that have been exploited to facilitate scarless healing in adults including growth factors, cytokines, and extracellular matrix substitutes. However, no one therapy, pathway, or cell subtype is sufficient to support scarless wound healing in adult skin. More recently, products that contain or mimic fetal and adult uninjured dermis were introduced to the wound healing market with promising clinical outcomes. Through our review of the major experimental targets of fetal wound healing, we hope to encourage research in areas that may have a significant clinical impact. Additionally, we will investigate therapies currently in clinical use and evaluate whether they represent a legitimate advance in regenerative medicine or a vulnerary agent. WIREs Dev Biol 2018, 7:e309. doi: 10.1002/wdev.309. This article is categorized under: Adult Stem Cells, Tissue Renewal, and Regeneration > Regeneration Plant Development > Cell Growth and Differentiation Adult Stem Cells, Tissue Renewal, and Regeneration > Environmental Control of Stem Cells.
KW - fetal wound healing
KW - fibrosis
KW - regenerative medicine
KW - scarless
KW - scarring
KW - wound healing
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U2 - 10.1002/wdev.309
DO - 10.1002/wdev.309
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29316315
AN - SCOPUS:85040166671
SN - 1759-7684
VL - 7
JO - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology
JF - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology
IS - 2
M1 - e309
ER -
