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Wound repair and regeneration

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  • Geoffrey C. Gurtner

    (Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine)

  • Sabine Werner

    (Institute of Cell Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Schafmattstrasse 18, HPM D42)

  • Yann Barrandon

    (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Chirurgie Éxperimentale, Pavillon 4
    École Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne, School of Life Sciences/LDCS, Station 15)

  • Michael T. Longaker

    (Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine)

Abstract

The repair of wounds is one of the most complex biological processes that occur during human life. After an injury, multiple biological pathways immediately become activated and are synchronized to respond. In human adults, the wound repair process commonly leads to a non-functioning mass of fibrotic tissue known as a scar. By contrast, early in gestation, injured fetal tissues can be completely recreated, without fibrosis, in a process resembling regeneration. Some organisms, however, retain the ability to regenerate tissue throughout adult life. Knowledge gained from studying such organisms might help to unlock latent regenerative pathways in humans, which would change medical practice as much as the introduction of antibiotics did in the twentieth century.

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  • Geoffrey C. Gurtner & Sabine Werner & Yann Barrandon & Michael T. Longaker, 2008. "Wound repair and regeneration," Nature, Nature, vol. 453(7193), pages 314-321, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:453:y:2008:i:7193:d:10.1038_nature07039
    DOI: 10.1038/nature07039
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