title: [Research progress of fibroblast and wound repair].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the recent advances in fibroblast study and its role in wound repair.
  
  
  METHODS
  Recent original articles related to wound repair were retrieved extensively, and the effect of fibroblast on every stages of repair were summed up and comprehended.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fibroblast plays important roles in granulation formation, wound contraction, matrix synthesis, wound repair, scar formation and scarless repair by means of growth factors modulation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The understanding of fibroblast in the wound repair can promote the progress of biological therapy of wound repair and scar prevention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, First University Hospital, West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu Sichuan, P. R. China 610041.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000077214:Becaplermin; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000378:metabolism; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; C075278:platelet-derived growth factor A; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D000077214:Becaplermin