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Wound Contraction

Wound Contraction is a physiological process in cutaneous wound healing characterized by the centripetal reduction of wound area mediated by the mechanical action of myofibroblasts.

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Transforming growth factor-beta 1 induces alpha-smooth muscle actin expression in granulation tissue myofibroblasts and in quiescent and growing cultured fibroblasts

Alexis Desmoulière, Antoine Geinoz, F Gabbiani et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1993 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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Production of a tissue-like structure by contraction of collagen lattices by human fibroblasts of different proliferative potential in vitro.

Eugene Bell, Bodil Ivarsson, Charlotte Merrill · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1979 · 2.1K citations · Full text

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Presence of modified fibroblasts in granulation tissue and their possible role in wound contraction

Giulio Gabbiani, G.B. Ryan, Guido Majno · Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences · 1971 · 1.5K citations

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Myofibroblast contraction activates latent TGF-β1 from the extracellular matrix

Pierre‐Jean Wipff, Daniel B. Rifkin, Jean-Jacques Meister et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2007 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Alpha-smooth muscle actin is transiently expressed by myofibroblasts during experimental wound healing.

Ian A. Darby, Omar Skalli, Giulio Gabbiani · PubMed · 1990 · 1.2K citations

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    Giulio Gabbiani

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

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    Boris Hinz

    University of Toronto, Canada

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    H. Paul Ehrlich

    Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, United States

    16 publications · 692 citations

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    Ross Rudolph

    University of California San Diego, United States

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    Michael T. Longaker

    Stanford University, United States

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  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

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    Geneva, Switzerland

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  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    19 h-index

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    Seattle, United States

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    Paris, France

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    Arlington, United States

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    Lund, Sweden

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  3. Wound Repair and Regeneration

    66 publications · 4K citations

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  4. Journal of Surgical Research

    JSR · 44 publications · 1.8K citations

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