A New Animal Model for Pathological Subcutaneous Fibrosis: Surgical Technique and in vitro Analysis

Fibrosis is a condition that affects the connective tissue in an organ or tissue in the restorative or responsive phase as a result of injury. The consequences of excessive fibrotic tissue growth may lead to various physiological complications of deformity and impairment due to hypertrophic scars, k...

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Main Authors: Andrea Marchesini, Francesco De Francesco, Monica Mattioli-Belmonte, Nicola Zingaretti, Valentina Riccio, Fiorenza Orlando, Barbara Zavan, Michele Riccio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcell.2020.00542/full