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ArticleBio-protocol2023

Protocol for the Splinted, Human-like Excisional Wound Model in Mice.

Katharina S Fischer, Ben Litmanovich, Dharshan Sivaraj, Hudson C Kussie, William W Hahn, Andrew C Hostler, Kellen Chen, Geoffrey C Gurtner

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Article in Bio-protocol, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katharina S FischerDepartment of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA.
Ben LitmanovichDepartment of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA.
Dharshan SivarajDepartment of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA.
Hudson C KussieDepartment of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA.
William W HahnDepartment of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA.
Andrew C HostlerDepartment of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA.
Kellen ChenDepartment of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA.
Geoffrey C GurtnerDepartment of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA.
University of Arizona · US

Funding

Reversal of Progenitor Cell Deficits in DiabetesR01DK074095 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI GURTNER, GEOFFREY C · 2005 to 2025
$6.4M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK074095
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While wound healing in humans occurs primarily through re-epithelization, in rodents it also occurs through contraction of the panniculus carnosus, an underlying muscle layer that humans do not possess. Murine experimental models are by far the most convenient and inexpensive research model to study wound healing, as they offer great variability in genetic alterations and disease models. To overcome the obstacle of contraction biasing wound healing kinetics, our group invented the splinted excisional wound model. While other rodent wound healing models have been used in the past, the splinted excisional wound model has persisted as the most used model in the field of wound healing. Here, we present a detailed protocol of updated and refined techniques necessary to utilize this model, generate results with high validity, and accurately analyze the collected data. This model is simple to conduct and provides an easy, standardizable, and replicable model of human-like wound healing.

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Excisional wound modelFull thickness skin woundMurineRodentSplinted wound healing model

Identifiers

PMID36816987
PMCPMC9909311
OpenAlexW4319987430

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