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ArticleMicrocirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994)2012

Skin graft vascular maturation and remodeling: a multifractal approach to morphological quantification.

Daniel J Gould, Gregory P Reece

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Article in Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Imaging human skin autograft integration with optical coherence tomography.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel J GouldMedical Scientist Training Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. djgould@bcm.edu
Gregory P Reece
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

VASCULARIZATION IN TISSUE ENGINEERED CONSTRUCTSR01HL062341 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI PATRICK, CHARLES W · 1999 to 2001
$338k
NHLBI NIH HHS HL 062341NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL062341
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveOne important contributor to tissue graft viability is angiogenic maturation of the graft tissue bed. This study uses scale-invariant microvascular morphological quantification to track vessel maturation and remodeling in a split-thickness skin-grafting model over 21 days, comparing the results to classical techniques.

methodsImages from a previous study of split-thickness skin grafting in rats were analyzed. Microvascular morphology (fractal and multifractal dimensions, lacunarity, and vessel density) within fibrin interfaces of samples over time was quantified using classical semi-automated methods and automated multifractal and lacunarity analyses.

resultsMicrovessel morphology increased in density and complexity, from three to seven days after engraftment and then regressed by 21 days. Vessel density increased from 0.07 on day 3 to 0.20 on day 7 and then decreased to 0.06 on day 21. A similar trend was seen for the fractal dimension that increased from 1.56 at three days to 1.77 at seven days then decreased to 1.57 by 21 days. Vessel diameters did not change whereas complexity and density did, signaling remodeling.

conclusionsThis new automated analysis identified design parameters for tissue engraftment and could be used in other models of graft vessel biology to track proliferation and pruning of complex vessel beds.

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MicrocirculationSkin TransplantationTransplantsAnimalsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySkinTransplantation, Homologous

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PMID22672367
PMCPMC3467318
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