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ArticleDisease models & mechanisms2015

Microarray-based characterization of differential gene expression during vocal fold wound healing in rats.

Nathan V Welham, Changying Ling, John A Dawson, Christina Kendziorski, Susan L Thibeault, Masaru Yamashita

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Article in Disease models & mechanisms, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Voice rest after vocal fold surgery: a systematic review of efficacy, duration, and compliance.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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  3. Preclinical Vocal Fold and Airway Injury Models: A Scoping Review.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2025
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  5. Inhibition of the MRTF-A/SRF signaling axis alleviates vocal fold scarring.Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology · 2025
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  9. Expression of Wnt/β-catenin related genes after skeletal muscle contusion.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2018
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  12. Modeling fibrosis using fibroblasts isolated from scarred rat vocal folds.Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nathan V WelhamDepartment of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53792, USA welham@surgery.wisc.edu.
Changying LingDepartment of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
John A DawsonDepartment of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Christina KendziorskiDepartment of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Susan L ThibeaultDepartment of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
Masaru YamashitaDepartment of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Institutional Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR000427 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI DREZNER, MARC KENNETH · 2012 to 2016
$32.2M
INSTITUTIONAL CTSA (UW-MADISON): CLINICAL TRIALSUL1RR025011 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI DREZNER, MARC KENNETH · 2007 to 2011
$29.5M
PHONOSURGICAL OPTIMIZATION CRITERIA FOR SULCUS VOCALISR01DC004428 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Nathan Welham · 2000 to 2026
$8.7M
Regeneration of Multi-Layered Vocal Fold MucosaR01DC010777 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI WELHAM, NATHAN · 2010 to 2020
$5.3M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000427NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR025011NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC004428NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC010777
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The vocal fold (VF) mucosa confers elegant biomechanical function for voice production but is susceptible to scar formation following injury. Current understanding of VF wound healing is hindered by a paucity of data and is therefore often generalized from research conducted in skin and other mucosal systems. Here, using a previously validated rat injury model, expression microarray technology and an empirical Bayes analysis approach, we generated a VF-specific transcriptome dataset to better capture the system-level complexity of wound healing in this specialized tissue. We measured differential gene expression at 3, 14 and 60 days post-injury compared to experimentally naïve controls, pursued functional enrichment analyses to refine and add greater biological definition to the previously proposed temporal phases of VF wound healing, and validated the expression and localization of a subset of previously unidentified repair- and regeneration-related genes at the protein level. Our microarray dataset is a resource for the wider research community and has the potential to stimulate new hypotheses and avenues of investigation, improve biological and mechanistic insight, and accelerate the identification of novel therapeutic targets.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisAnimalsGene Expression ProfilingMaleRats, Inbred F344Reproducibility of ResultsTime FactorsVocal CordsWound HealingFibrosisLarynxScar formationTissue repairTranscriptome

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PMID25592437
PMCPMC4348567
OpenAlexW2132462800

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