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ArticleStem cells translational medicine2014

Dermal papilla cells improve the wound healing process and generate hair bud-like structures in grafted skin substitutes using hair follicle stem cells.

Gustavo José Leirós, Ana Gabriela Kusinsky, Hugo Drago, Silvia Bossi, Flavio Sturla, María Lía Castellanos, Inés Yolanda Stella, María Eugenia Balañá

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Article in Stem cells translational medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. [Hair transplantation in wound healing and scar repair in special areas].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2025
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  10. Healing Mechanisms in Cutaneous Wounds: Tipping the Balance.Tissue engineering. Part B, Reviews · 2022
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  18. [Research progress of hair follicle and related stem cells in scar-free wound healing].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gustavo José LeirósFundación Pablo Cassará, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Dr. César Milstein, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Banco de Tejidos, Hospital de Quemados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Centro de Estudios Biomédicos, Ambientales y Diagnóstico, Universidad Maimónides, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Ana Gabriela KusinskyFundación Pablo Cassará, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Dr. César Milstein, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Banco de Tejidos, Hospital de Quemados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Centro de Estudios Biomédicos, Ambientales y Diagnóstico, Universidad Maimónides, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Hugo DragoFundación Pablo Cassará, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Dr. César Milstein, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Banco de Tejidos, Hospital de Quemados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Centro de Estudios Biomédicos, Ambientales y Diagnóstico, Universidad Maimónides, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Silvia BossiFundación Pablo Cassará, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Dr. César Milstein, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Banco de Tejidos, Hospital de Quemados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Centro de Estudios Biomédicos, Ambientales y Diagnóstico, Universidad Maimónides, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Flavio SturlaFundación Pablo Cassará, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Dr. César Milstein, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Banco de Tejidos, Hospital de Quemados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Centro de Estudios Biomédicos, Ambientales y Diagnóstico, Universidad Maimónides, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
María Lía CastellanosFundación Pablo Cassará, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Dr. César Milstein, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Banco de Tejidos, Hospital de Quemados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Centro de Estudios Biomédicos, Ambientales y Diagnóstico, Universidad Maimónides, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Inés Yolanda StellaFundación Pablo Cassará, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Dr. César Milstein, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Banco de Tejidos, Hospital de Quemados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Centro de Estudios Biomédicos, Ambientales y Diagnóstico, Universidad Maimónides, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
María Eugenia BalañáFundación Pablo Cassará, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Dr. César Milstein, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Banco de Tejidos, Hospital de Quemados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Centro de Estudios Biomédicos, Ambientales y Diagnóstico, Universidad Maimónides, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina mbalana@fundacioncassara.org.ar.
Hospital César Milstein · ARUniversidad Maimónides · AR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tissue-engineered skin represents a useful strategy for the treatment of deep skin injuries and might contribute to the understanding of skin regeneration. The use of dermal papilla cells (DPCs) as a dermal component in a permanent composite skin with human hair follicle stem cells (HFSCs) was evaluated by studying the tissue-engineered skin architecture, stem cell persistence, hair regeneration, and graft-take in nude mice. A porcine acellular dermal matrix was seeded with HFSCs alone and with HFSCs plus human DPCs or dermal fibroblasts (DFs). In vitro, the presence of DPCs induced a more regular and multilayered stratified epidermis with more basal p63-positive cells and invaginations. The DPC-containing constructs more accurately mimicked the skin architecture by properly stratifying the differentiating HFSCs and developing a well-ordered epithelia that contributed to more closely recapitulate an artificial human skin. This acellular dermal matrix previously repopulated in vitro with HFSCs and DFs or DPCs as the dermal component was grafted in nude mice. The presence of DPCs in the composite substitute not only favored early neovascularization, good assimilation and remodeling after grafting but also contributed to the neovascular network maturation, which might reduce the inflammation process, resulting in a better healing process, with less scarring and wound contraction. Interestingly, only DPC-containing constructs showed embryonic hair bud-like structures with cells of human origin, presence of precursor epithelial cells, and expression of a hair differentiation marker. Although preliminary, these findings have demonstrated the importance of the presence of DPCs for proper skin repair.

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AnimalsCells, CulturedHair FollicleHeterograftsHumansImmunohistochemistryMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudeSkinSkin TransplantationStem CellsTissue EngineeringWound HealingAdult stem cellsEpidermisMultipotential differentiationSkin graftsTissue regeneration

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PMID25161315
PMCPMC4181392
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