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ArticleJournal of the Royal Society, Interface2014

A mathematical model of collagen lattice contraction.

J C Dallon, E J Evans, H Paul Ehrlich

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Article in Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Matrix-transmitted paratensile signaling enables myofibroblast-fibroblast cross talk in fibrosis expansion.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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  7. Mathematical models of wound healing and closure: a comprehensive review.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

J C DallonDepartment of Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602-6539, USA dallon@math.byu.edu.
E J EvansDepartment of Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602-6539, USA.
H Paul EhrlichDivision of Plastic Surgery, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two mathematical models for fibroblast-collagen interaction are proposed which reproduce qualitative features of fibroblast-populated collagen lattice contraction. Both models are force based and model the cells as individual entities with discrete attachment sites; however, the collagen lattice is modelled differently in each model. In the collagen lattice model, the lattice is more interconnected and formed by triangulating nodes to form the fibrous structure. In the collagen fibre model, the nodes are not triangulated, are less interconnected, and the collagen fibres are modelled as a string of nodes. Both models suggest that the overall increase in stress of the lattice as it contracts is not the cause of the reduced rate of contraction, but that the reduced rate of contraction is due to inactivation of the fibroblasts.

Indexed as

Models, TheoreticalBiomechanical PhenomenaCell CountCollagenComputer SimulationExtracellular MatrixFibroblastsHumansCollagencell forcescollagen contractionfibroblastmyofibroblastswound contraction

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PMID25142520
PMCPMC4233738

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