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ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

Fibroblasts: Heterogeneous Cells With Potential in Regenerative Therapy for Scarless Wound Healing.

Ming-Li Zou, Ying-Ying Teng, Jun-Jie Wu, Si-Yu Liu, Xiao-Yu Tang, Yuan Jia, Zhong-Hua Chen, Kai-Wen Zhang, Zi-Li Sun, Xia Li and 3 more

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Review in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Fibroblasts in Diabetic Foot Ulcers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ming-Li ZouWuxi Clinical Medicine School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Wuxi, China.
Ying-Ying TengInstitute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Jun-Jie WuInstitute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Si-Yu LiuWuxi Clinical Medicine School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Wuxi, China.
Xiao-Yu TangWuxi Clinical Medicine School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Wuxi, China.
Yuan JiaWuxi Clinical Medicine School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Wuxi, China.
Zhong-Hua ChenInstitute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, The Third Hospital Affiliated to Nantong University, Wuxi, China.
Kai-Wen ZhangWuxi Clinical Medicine School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Wuxi, China.
Zi-Li SunWuxi Clinical Medicine School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Wuxi, China.
Xia LiInstitute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Jun-Xing YeInstitute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Rui-Sheng XuInstitute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Feng-Lai YuanWuxi Clinical Medicine School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Wuxi, China.
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNWuxi Fourth People's Hospital · CNWuxi Third People's Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, research on wound healing has become increasingly in-depth, but therapeutic effects are still not satisfactory. Occasionally, pathological tissue repair occurs. Influencing factors have been proposed, but finding the turning point between normal and pathological tissue repair is difficult. Therefore, we focused our attention on the most basic level of tissue repair: fibroblasts. Fibroblasts were once considered terminally differentiated cells that represent a single cell type, and their heterogeneity was not studied until recently. We believe that subpopulations of fibroblasts play different roles in tissue repair, resulting in different repair results, such as the formation of normal scars in physiological tissue repair and fibrosis or ulcers in pathological tissue repair. It is also proposed that scarless healing can be achieved by regulating fibroblast subpopulations.

Indexed as

dermal-subcutaneous junction fibroblastspapillary fibroblastsreticular fibroblastscarless wound healingtissue repair

Identifiers

PMID34354997
PMCPMC8329665
OpenAlexW3183188803

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