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Cytoplasmic filaments and gap junctions in epithelial cells and myofibroblasts during wound healing.

Year: 1978

Type: article

Abstract: During the healing of an experimental skin wound, epidermal cells and granulation tissue fibroblasts (myofibroblasts) develop an extensive cytoplasmic contactile apparatus. Concurrently, the proportion of epidermal cell surface occupied by gap junctions increases when compared to normal skin, and newly formed gap junctions appear between myofibroblasts; this suggests that epidermal cell migration and granulation tissue contraction are synchronized phenomena.

Source: The Journal of Cell Biology

DOI: 10.1083/jcb.76.3.561

Authors: G Gabbiani, C Chaponnier, I Hüttner

Language: English

Topic: Wound Healing and Treatments

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung

OpenAlex ID: W2054735363

FWCI: 36.04

Cites: 35

Cited by: 329

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