ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2021
A Rodent Model of Hypertrophic Scarring: Splinting of Rat Wounds.
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- In Vivo Models for Hypertrophic Scars-A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Pooled it
- Next-generation skin wound healing related disease models with integration of immune cells.Protein & cell · 2026Review
- A Circuit of Mechanically Regulated Transcription Factors Balances Regenerative and Fibrotic Memory of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- VeritaCell-Derived Autologous Skin Cell Suspensions Enhance Wound Closure Dynamics and Tissue Architecture in a Rat Excisional Wound Model.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Current therapeutic strategies and available research models for investigating hypertrophic scars.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- Autologous Fat Granules Combined with PRP Treat Hypertrophic Scars Through TGF-β/Smad Signaling Pathway.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2025Article
- Circadian Gene NPAS2 Relieves Hypertrophic Scar Formation via CDC25A-Mediated Fibroblasts Activity.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2025Article
- The Wound-Healing Effect of a Novel Fibroblasts-Impregnated Hydroxyethylcellulose Gel in a Rat Full-Thickness Burn Model: A Preclinical Study.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Protocol for the Implantation of Scaffolds in a Humanized Mouse Cutaneous Excisional Wound Healing Model.Bio-protocol · 2024Article
- The Myofibroblast Fate of Therapeutic Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: Regeneration, Repair, or Despair?International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Anatomical Anal Stenosis after PPH: Insights from a Retrospective Study and Rat Model.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- An Updated Review of Hypertrophic Scarring.Cells · 2023Review
- The Role of Myofibroblasts in Physiological and Pathological Tissue Repair.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2023Review
- Wound healing, fibroblast heterogeneity, and fibrosis.Cell stem cell · 2022Review
- Experimental Models to Study Skin Wound Healing with a Focus on Angiogenesis.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
Human hypertrophic scars are the result of imperfect healing of skin, which is particularly evident from the scars developing after severe burns. In contrast, mouse and rat full-thickness skin wounds heal normally without forming visible scar tissue, which reduces the suitability of rodent models for the study of skin scarring. We here provide a simple procedure to splint the edges of full-thickness rodent skin with a sutured plastic frame that prevents wound closure by granulation tissue contraction. The resulting mechanical tension in the wound bed and the lack of neo-epithelium amplify myofibroblast formation and generate hypertrophic features, not unlike those of human skin. In addition to producing scar tissue, the splint provides a reservoir that can be used for the delivery of cellular and acellular wound treatment regimen. Despite being simple and almost historical, wound splinting is a robust and reliable model to study myofibroblast biology.
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