Skin Fibrosis and Cutaneous Wound Healing—2nd Edition
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular and Translational Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 1008
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fibroblasts; inflammation; fibrosis; cutaneous wound healing
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Dear Colleagues,
During the wound healing process, epithelialization is completed and remodeling of the extracellular matrix that makes up the granulation tissue occurs. Fibroblasts and leukocytes disappear from the granulation tissue formed during the proliferative phase, and collagen fibers are altered to form scar tissue. Granulation tissue contains large amounts of type III collagen, which diminishes during maturation and is replaced by type I collagen. Collagen polymerizes through cross-linking, increasing the support and tensile strength of the scar. If inflammation is prolonged during this period, fibroblasts do not decrease and collagen production continues, causing hypertrophic scars and keloids. The purpose of this Special Issue is to focus on inflammation and fibrosis and to explore their mechanisms.
Dr. Noriko Aramaki-Hattori
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fibroblasts
- inflammation
- fibrosis
- cutaneous wound healing
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