Building a Better Scar: Re-engineering Extracellular Matrix Structure in Dermal Scars

Building a Better Scar: Re-engineering Extracellular Matrix Structure in Dermal Scars

Introduction Cutaneous scars represent a common surgical complication, yet no effective drug therapy for scar treatment currently exists despite huge patient and physician demand. A connexin 43 (Cx43) carboxyl terminus (CT) mimetic peptide, alpha Connexin Carboxy-Terminus 1 (αCT1), has demonstrated...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Montgomery, Jade
Other Authors: Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2021
Subjects:
wound healing
connexins
collagen
small animal wound healing model
fibroblasts
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104233

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