Anagen hair follicles transplanted into mature human scars remodel fibrotic tissue

Abstract Despite the substantial impact of skin scarring on patients and the healthcare system, there is a lack of strategies to prevent scar formation, let alone methods to remodel mature scars. Here, we took a unique approach inspired by how healthy hairbearing skin undergoes physiological remodel...

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Main Authors: Magdalena Plotczyk, Francisco Jiménez, Summik Limbu, Colin J. Boyle, Jesse Ovia, Benjamin D. Almquist, Claire A. Higgins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:npj Regenerative Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41536-022-00270-3