Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20962500›Full record

ArticleCells, tissues, organs2011

E-cadherin and transglutaminase-1 epithelial barrier restoration precedes type IV collagen basement membrane reconstruction following vocal fold mucosal injury.

Changying Ling, Jennifer L Raasch, Nathan V Welham

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Article in Cells, tissues, organs, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Preclinical Vocal Fold and Airway Injury Models: A Scoping Review.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2025
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  5. Modeling fibrosis using fibroblasts isolated from scarred rat vocal folds.Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology · 2016
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  8. Vocal fold epithelial barrier in health and injury: a research review.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2014
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Changying LingDepartment of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
Jennifer L Raasch
Nathan V Welham
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

PHONOSURGICAL OPTIMIZATION CRITERIA FOR SULCUS VOCALISR01DC004428 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Nathan Welham · 2000 to 2026
$8.7M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC004428
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The vocal fold epithelium is critical to upper airway immunologic defense and water/ion transport; therefore, any form of physical trauma or insult increases the vulnerability of this structure to functional impairment and pathogen invasion/infection. In this study, we examined the reestablishment of epithelial and basement membrane barrier structures in a well-established rat model of vocal fold mucosal injury. We observed active cell recruitment culminating in peak hyperplasia at 3 days postinjury, the establishment of robust E-cadherin+ and transglutaminase-1+ biochemical barrier signals along the epithelial surface by 3 days postinjury, and the persistent absence of a type IV collagen+ basement membrane at 7 days postinjury. The distinct spatial and temporal immunoactivity of these molecules is consistent with a programmed repair process driving the restoration of vocal fold mucosal integrity and permeability. These data may inform future efforts to optimize functional mucosal recovery postinjury and avoid undesirable events such as barrier compromise or epithelial metaplasia.

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AnimalsBasement MembraneCadherinsCollagen Type IVImmunohistochemistryLaryngeal MucosaMaleMicroscopy, FluorescenceRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyTransglutaminasesVocal CordsCadherinsCollagen Type IVtransglutaminase 1Transglutaminases

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PMID20962500
PMCPMC3064938
OpenAlexW2160047300

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