scholarly journals Wound Healing: A Cellular Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 665-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Rodrigues ◽  
Nina Kosaric ◽  
Clark A. Bonham ◽  
Geoffrey C. Gurtner
Keyword(s):  
Wound Healing ◽  
Single Cell ◽  
Wound Closure ◽  
Chronic Wounds ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Skin Injury ◽  
Complex Processes ◽  
Cell Technologies ◽  
Cellular Recruitment ◽  
Healing Wounds

Wound healing is one of the most complex processes in the human body. It involves the spatial and temporal synchronization of a variety of cell types with distinct roles in the phases of hemostasis, inflammation, growth, re-epithelialization, and remodeling. With the evolution of single cell technologies, it has been possible to uncover phenotypic and functional heterogeneity within several of these cell types. There have also been discoveries of rare, stem cell subsets within the skin, which are unipotent in the uninjured state, but become multipotent following skin injury. Unraveling the roles of each of these cell types and their interactions with each other is important in understanding the mechanisms of normal wound closure. Changes in the microenvironment including alterations in mechanical forces, oxygen levels, chemokines, extracellular matrix and growth factor synthesis directly impact cellular recruitment and activation, leading to impaired states of wound healing. Single cell technologies can be used to decipher these cellular alterations in diseased states such as in chronic wounds and hypertrophic scarring so that effective therapeutic solutions for healing wounds can be developed.

scholarly journals Mechanotransduction in Wound Healing and Fibrosis

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Britta Kuehlmann ◽  
Clark A. Bonham ◽  
Isabel Zucal ◽  
Lukas Prantl ◽  
Geoffrey C. Gurtner
Keyword(s):  
Wound Healing ◽  
Chronic Wounds ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Mechanical Forces ◽  
Biological Processes ◽  
Skin Disorders ◽  
Skin Injury ◽  
Numerous Cell ◽  
Healing Wound ◽  
Multiple Signaling

Skin injury is a common occurrence and mechanical forces are known to significantly impact the biological processes of skin regeneration and wound healing. Immediately following the disruption of the skin, the process of wound healing begins, bringing together numerous cell types to collaborate in several sequential phases. These cells produce a multitude of molecules and initiate multiple signaling pathways that are associated with skin disorders and abnormal wound healing, including hypertrophic scars, keloids, and chronic wounds. Studies have shown that mechanical forces can alter the microenvironment of a healing wound, causing changes in cellular function, motility, and signaling. A better understanding of the mechanobiology of cells in the skin is essential in the development of efficacious therapeutics to reduce skin disorders, normalize abnormal wound healing, and minimize scar formation.

scholarly journals Single Cell Transcriptomic Landscape of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgios Theocharidis ◽  
Beena E. Thomas ◽  
Debasree Sarkar ◽  
William JR Pilcher ◽  
Bhakti Dwivedi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wound Healing ◽  
Single Cell ◽  
Single Cells ◽  
Macrophage Polarization ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Deep Wound ◽  
Preferential Localization ◽  
M1 Macrophage ◽  
Diabetic Wound Healing ◽  
Healing Wounds

AbstractTo understand the diabetic wound healing microenvironment, we profiled 174,962 single cells from foot, forearm, and PBMCs using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNASeq) approach. Our analysis shows enrichment of a unique population of fibroblasts overexpressing MMP1, MMP3, MMP11, HIF1A, CHI3L1, and TNFAIP6 genes and M1 macrophage polarization in the DFU patients with healing wounds. Further, scRNASeq of spatially separated samples from same patient and spatial transcriptomics (ST) revealed preferential localization of these healing associated fibroblasts toward deep wound/ulcer bed as compared to wound edge or non-wounded skin. ST also validated our findings of higher enrichment of M1 macrophages in healers and M2 macrophages in non-healers. Our analysis provides deep insights into the wound healing microenvironment, identifying cell types that could be critical in promoting DFU healing, and may inform novel therapeutic approaches for DFU treatment.

scholarly journals Surgical Strategies to Promote Cutaneous Healing

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Ines Maria Niederstätter ◽  
Jennifer Lynn Schiefer ◽  
Paul Christian Fuchs
Keyword(s):  
Wound Healing ◽  
Wound Closure ◽  
Chronic Wounds ◽  
Treatment Algorithm ◽  
Surgical Site Infections ◽  
Repair Process ◽  
Suture Technique ◽  
The Body ◽  
Wound Debridement ◽  
Reconstructive Ladder

Usually, cutaneous wound healing does not get impeded and processes uneventfully, reaching wound closure easily. The goal of this repair process is to restore the integrity of the body surface by creating a resilient and stable scar. Surgical practice and strategies have an impact on the course of wound healing and the later appearance of the scar. By considering elementary surgical principles, such as the appropriate suture material, suture technique, and timing, optimal conditions for wound healing can be created. Wounds can be differentiated into clean wounds, clean–contaminated wounds, contaminated, and infected/dirty wounds, based on the degree of colonization or infection. Furthermore, a distinction is made between acute and chronic wounds. The latter are wounds that persist for longer than 4–6 weeks. Care should be taken to avoid surgical site infections in the management of wounds by maintaining sterile working conditions, using antimicrobial working techniques, and implementing the principles of preoperative antibiotics. Successful wound closure is influenced by wound debridement. Wound debridement removes necrotic tissue, senescent and non-migratory cells, bacteria, and foreign bodies that impede wound healing. Additionally, the reconstructive ladder is a viable and partially overlapping treatment algorithm in plastic surgery to achieve successful wound closure.

scholarly journals The Regenerative Potential of Substance P

2022 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 750
Author(s):  
Patrycja Redkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Wound Healing ◽  
Substance P ◽  
Autoimmune Diseases ◽  
Chronic Wounds ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Healing Wounds ◽  
Active Substances

Wound healing is a highly coordinated process which leads to the repair and regeneration of damaged tissue. Still, numerous diseases such as diabetes, venous insufficiencies or autoimmune diseases could disturb proper wound healing and lead to chronic and non-healing wounds, which are still a great challenge for medicine. For many years, research has been carried out on finding new therapeutics which improve the healing of chronic wounds. One of the most extensively studied active substances that has been widely tested in the treatment of different types of wounds was Substance P (SP). SP is one of the main neuropeptides released by nervous fibers in responses to injury. This review provides a thorough overview of the application of SP in different types of wound models and assesses its efficacy in wound healing.

scholarly journals Novel formulation approaches for wound healing

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL4) ◽  
pp. 937-948
Author(s):  
Tanaji D Nandgude ◽  
Syed Nateque Naser
Keyword(s):  
Wound Healing ◽  
Healing Process ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Wound Management ◽  
Wound Healing Process ◽  
Anatomic Structure ◽  
Tissue Integrity ◽  
Molecular Events ◽  
Acute Injuries ◽  
Healing Wounds

A wound is damage to the typical anatomic structure. Wound healing is an immediate therapeutic response to injury. It is a creation of the combined response of some cell types towards injury. Wound healing takes place by a sequence of molecular events which cooperate to fix tissue integrity and cell work. In typical healthy individual under ordinary conditions, these physiological events take place smoothly. Though sometimes, these molecular events are arrested, this brings about in struggle to heal. There is an assortment of approaches for the way toward managing and controlling both acute injuries (acute wounds) and ceaseless non-mending wounds (chronic non-healing wounds). The principal objective of these two cases is to achieve better-wound healing. Ideal formulations of wound healing should not only enhance the healing process but also reduce pain, infection and loss of electrolytes, proteins and liquids from the injury. A broad scope of items typically introduced with target various parts of the wound healing process depends on numerous types of wounds and novel polymers utilised for the conveyance of medications to both acute and ceaseless injuries. These include alginate, hydrocolloids, hydrofibers, polyurethane, and hydrogels. This article gives particular importance to different novel approaches in the management of wound healing. This review draws out the data and hopes to provide understanding into traditional, current and imminent techniques and methods for wound management.

scholarly journals Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived endothelial cells promote angiogenesis and accelerate wound closure in a murine excisional wound healing model

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoë E. Clayton ◽  
Richard P. Tan ◽  
Maria M. Miravet ◽  
Katarina Lennartsson ◽  
John P. Cooke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Wound Healing ◽  
Endothelial Cells ◽  
Endothelial Cell ◽  
Adult Stem Cells ◽  
Wound Closure ◽  
Chronic Wounds ◽  
Control Treatment ◽  
Excisional Wound ◽  
Induced Pluripotent

Chronic wounds are a major complication in patients with cardiovascular diseases. Cell therapies have shown potential to stimulate wound healing, but clinical trials using adult stem cells have been tempered by limited numbers of cells and invasive procurement procedures. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have several advantages of other cell types, for example they can be generated in abundance from patients’ somatic cells (autologous) or those from a matched donor. iPSCs can be efficiently differentiated to functional endothelial cells (iPSC-ECs). Here, we used a murine excisional wound model to test the pro-angiogenic properties of iPSC-ECs in wound healing. Two full-thickness wounds were made on the dorsum of NOD-SCID mice and splinted. iPSC-ECs (5 × 105) were topically applied to one wound, with the other serving as a control. Treatment with iPSC-ECs significantly increased wound perfusion and accelerated wound closure. Expression of endothelial cell (EC) surface marker, platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule (PECAM-1) (CD31), and pro-angiogenic EC receptor, Tie1, mRNA was up-regulated in iPSC-EC treated wounds at 7 days post-wounding. Histological analysis of wound sections showed increased capillary density in iPSC-EC wounds at days 7 and 14 post-wounding, and increased collagen content at day 14. Anti-GFP fluorescence confirmed presence of iPSC-ECs in the wounds. Bioluminescent imaging (BLI) showed progressive decline of iPSC-ECs over time, suggesting that iPSC-ECs are acting primarily through short-term paracrine effects. These results highlight the pro-regenerative effects of iPSC-ECs and demonstrate that they are a promising potential therapy for intractable wounds.

Rapid epithelialisation of fetal wounds is associated with the early deposition of tenascin

1991 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 583-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.J. Whitby ◽  
M.T. Longaker ◽  
M.R. Harrison ◽  
N.S. Adzick ◽  
M.W. Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Wound Healing ◽  
Cell Migration ◽  
Temporal Distribution ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Skin Wound ◽  
Skin Wound Healing ◽  
Early Appearance ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Healing Wounds ◽  
Fetal Wound

Wound healing is a complex process involving the interaction of many cell types with the extracellular matrix (ECM). Fetal skin wound healing differs from that in the adult in that it occurs rapidly and without scar formation. The mechanisms underlying these differing processes may be related to the fetal environment, the stage of differentiation of the fetal cells or the ECM deposited in the wound. The spatial and temporal distribution of two components of the ECM, fibronectin and tenascin, were studied by immunostaining of cryosections from trunk wounds of fetal and adult sheep. Epithelialisation was complete earlier in the fetal wound than in the adult. The distribution of fibronectin was similar in fetal and adult wounds but tenascin was present earlier in the fetal wound. Fibronectin has several roles in wound healing including acting as a substratum for cell migration and as a mediator of cell adhesion through cell surface integrins. The attachment of fibroblasts to fibronectin is inhibited by tenascin and during development the appearance of tenascin in the ECM of migratory pathways correlates with the initiation of cell migration. Similarly, the appearance of tenascin in healing wounds may initiate cell migration. Tenascin was present in these wounds prior to cell migration and the rapid epithelialisation of fetal wounds may be due to the early appearance of tenascin in the wound.

scholarly journals Simple Modelling of Extracellular Matrix Alignment in Dermal Wound Healing I. Cell Flux Induced Alignment

1998 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke Olsen ◽  
Philip K. Maini ◽  
Jonathan A. Sherratt ◽  
Ben Marchant
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Wound Healing ◽  
Cell Movement ◽  
Collagen Fibre ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Travelling Wave ◽  
Generic Model ◽  
Dimensional Version ◽  
Healing Wounds ◽  
Dermal Wound

We present a generic model to investigate alignment due to cell movement with spefic application to collagen fibre alignment in wound healing. In particular, alignment in two orthogonal directions is considered. Numerical simulation are presented to show how alignment is affected by key parameter min the model. from a travelling wave analysis of a simplified one-dimensional version of the model we derive a first order ordinary differential equation to describe the time evolution of aligment. We conclude that in the wound healing context,faster healing wounds result in more aligment and hence more serve scarring. It is shown how the model can be extended to included orientation dependent Kinetics,multipkle cell types and several extracellular matrix materials.

scholarly journals Redox for Repair: Cold Physical Plasmas and Nrf2 Signaling Promoting Wound Healing

Antioxidants ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anke Schmidt ◽  
Sander Bekeschus
Keyword(s):  
Wound Healing ◽  
Wound Closure ◽  
Chronic Wounds ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Molecular Switches ◽  
Dermal Fibroblasts ◽  
Tissue Response ◽  
Related Factor ◽  
Plasma Effects ◽  
Care Systems

Chronic wounds and ulcers are major public health threats. Being a substantial burden for patients and health care systems alike, better understanding of wound pathophysiology and new avenues in the therapy of chronic wounds are urgently needed. Cold physical plasmas are particularly effective in promoting wound closure, irrespective of its etiology. These partially ionized gases deliver a therapeutic cocktail of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species safely at body temperature and without genotoxic side effects. This field of plasma medicine reanimates the idea of redox repair in physiological healing. This review compiles previous findings of plasma effects in wound healing. It discusses new links between plasma treatment of cells and tissues, and the perception and intracellular translation of plasma-derived reactive species via redox signaling pathways. Specifically, (i) molecular switches governing redox-mediated tissue response; (ii) the activation of the nuclear E2-related factor (Nrf2) signaling, together with antioxidative and immunomodulatory responses; and (iii) the stabilization of the scaffolding function and actin network in dermal fibroblasts are emphasized in the light of wound healing.

scholarly journals Supervised classification enables rapid annotation of cell atlases

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah A. Pliner ◽  
Jay Shendure ◽  
Cole Trapnell
Keyword(s):  
Single Cell ◽  
Supervised Classification ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Markup Language ◽  
Cell Type ◽  
Cell Technologies ◽  
Cell Type Specific ◽  
Rate Limiting

ABSTRACTSingle cell technologies for profiling tissues or even entire organisms are rapidly being adopted. However, the manual process by which cell types are typically annotated in the resulting data is labor-intensive and increasingly rate-limiting for the field. Here we describe Garnett, an algorithm and accompanying software for rapidly annotating cell types in scRNA-seq and scATAC-seq datasets, based on an interpretable, hierarchical markup language of cell type-specific genes. Garnett successfully classifies cell types in tissue and whole organism datasets, as well as across species.

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