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ArticleTransfusion2019

Wound healing and fibrosis: current stem cell therapies.

Ruth Ellen Jones, Deshka S Foster, Michael S Hu, Michael T Longaker

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Article in Transfusion, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Systematic Review of Stem Cells in Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery: Clinical Application in Anti-Aging Medicine.Indian journal of plastic surgery : official publication of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India · 2026
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  4. Heart-derived endogenous stem cells.Molecular biology reports · 2025
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  11. Innovative stem cell-based strategies for corneal wound healing: A step forward.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2023
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  17. Scar-Free Healing: Current Concepts and Future Perspectives.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ruth Ellen JonesHagey Laboratory for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
Deshka S FosterHagey Laboratory for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
Michael S HuHagey Laboratory for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
Michael T LongakerHagey Laboratory for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.

Funding

Fibroblast lineage mechanisms of scarless skin healingR01GM116892 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI LONGAKER, MICHAEL T, LORENZ, HERMANN PETER · 2017 to 2020
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM116892
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scarring is a result of the wound healing response and causes tissue dysfunction after injury. This process is readily evident in the skin, but also occurs internally across organ systems in the form of fibrosis. Stem cells are crucial to the innate tissue healing response and, as such, present a possible modality to therapeutically promote regenerative healing while minimizing scaring. In this review, the cellular basis of scaring and fibrosis is examined. Current stem cell therapies under exploration for skin wound healing and internal organ fibrosis are discussed. While most therapeutic approaches rely on the direct application of progenitor-type cells to injured tissue to promote healing, novel strategies to manipulate the scarring response are also presented. As our understanding of developmental and stem cell biology continues to increase, therapies to encourage regeneration of healthy functional tissue after damage secondary to injury or disease will continue to expand.

Indexed as

FibrosisHumansStem Cell TransplantationWound Healing

Identifiers

PMID30737822
PMCPMC7089773

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