Wound remodelling and scarring.
Wound healing usually results in a scar. No therapy currently exists for removing scars, so treatments focus on making them less obvious. Research is investigating how to prevent scars forming, inspired by what happens to foetuses in the womb.
D000328:Adult; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / Q000502:physiology; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000502:physiology; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology; D020380:Needs Assessment; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000502:physiology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D014945:Wound Healing
D016207:Cytokines; C508960:TGFB1 protein, human; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1