| First Author | Gawronska-Kozak B | Year | 2006 |
| Journal | Wound Repair Regen | Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 | Pages | 265-76 |
| PubMed ID | 16808805 | Mgi Jnum | J:135709 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:3794357 | Doi | 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2006.00121.x |
| Citation | Gawronska-Kozak B, et al. (2006) Scarless skin repair in immunodeficient mice. Wound Repair Regen 14(3):265-76 |
| abstractText | Scarring, the end result of the wound healing process in adult mammals, is a problem of significant clinical importance. We observed that athymic nude-nu mice, similar to mammalian fetuses, are able to restore the structure and integrity of injured skin through a process resembling regeneration, where scar formation is absent. Among the postinjured skin tissues collected from athymic nude-nu, wild-type controls (C57BL/6J), severe-combined immunodeficient, Rag (lack of B and T cells), athymic (thymectomized neonates and adult C57BL/6J), and mice treated with an immunosuppressant (cyclosporin A), only athymic nude-nu mice showed: a lack of scar by histological examination (hematoxylin & eosin and Masson's trichrome staining), low levels of collagen (as determined by hydroxyproline content), high levels of hyaluronic acid, a statistically significant increase in elastic modulus for injured samples over unwounded (biomechanical testing) and low levels of the pro-scarring cytokines platelet-derived growth factor-B and transforming growth factor beta1. Additionally, immunohistochemical and Western blot analyses of postinjured tissues as well as flow cytometry analysis of blood samples showed the presence of CD8-positive cells in all studied animals except nude-nu mice. We conclude that scarless skin healing in athymic nude-nu mice provides a new model to study the influence of the immune system on tissue regeneration. |
