title: Molecular and cellular aspects of fibrosis following thermal injury.
abstract: The pathogenesis of hypertrophic scars following thermal injury remains a complex and incompletely understood process but recent investigations into the composition of the tissue itself, the activities of the scar fibroblasts, and the effects of various cytokines and growth factors, have all contributed to the emergence of an increasingly clear picture. Although it may be considered just one example of a broad range of fibroproliferative disorders that afflict many different organs, often in response to diverse environmental insults, the nature of the burn injury and the special properties of skin probably play important roles in promoting the development of this especially troublesome variety of excessive connective tissue. This knowledge has provided the rationale for a number of experimental therapies that, individually or in some combination, may augment or one day supplant the more commonly employed surgical or physical treatments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghahary
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Tredget
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D017439:Cicatrix, Hypertrophic / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055513:Connective Tissue Growth Factor; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000502:physiology; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007372:Interferons / Q000502:physiology; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: C526317:CCN2 protein, human; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D006133:Growth Substances; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D055513:Connective Tissue Growth Factor; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D007372:Interferons