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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2015

Optimization of the Wound Scratch Assay to Detect Changes in Murine Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Migration After Damage by Soluble Cigarette Smoke Extract.

Nicholas Cormier, Alexander Yeo, Elizabeth Fiorentino, Julia Paxson

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nicholas CormierDepartment of Biology, College of the Holy Cross.
Alexander YeoDepartment of Biology, College of the Holy Cross.
Elizabeth FiorentinoDepartment of Biology, College of the Holy Cross.
Julia PaxsonDepartment of Biology, College of the Holy Cross; jpaxson@holycross.edu.
College of the Holy Cross · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell migration is vital to many physiological and pathological processes including tissue development, repair, and regeneration, cancer metastasis, and inflammatory responses. Given the current interest in the role of mesenchymal stromal cells in mediating tissue repair, we are interested in quantifying the migratory capacity of these cells, and understanding how migratory capacity may be altered after damage. Optimization of a rigorously quantitative migration assay that is both easy to customize and cost-effective to perform is key to answering questions concerning alterations in cell migration in response to various stimuli. Current methods for quantifying cell migration, including scratch assays, trans-well migration assays (Boyden chambers), micropillar arrays, and cell exclusion zone assays, possess a range of limitations in reproducibility, customizability, quantification, and cost-effectiveness. Despite its prominent use, the scratch assay is confounded by issues with reproducibility related to damage of the cell microenvironment, impediments to cell migration, influence of neighboring senescent cells, and cell proliferation, as well as lack of rigorous quantification. The optimized scratch assay described here demonstrates robust outcomes, quantifiable and image-based analysis capabilities, cost-effectiveness, and adaptability to other applications.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell Migration AssaysCell MovementCell ProliferationMesenchymal Stem CellsMiceRegenerationReproducibility of ResultsSmokeWound HealingSmoke

Identifiers

PMID26709527
PMCPMC4692776
OpenAlexW2184171841

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