title: Human ex vivo wound healing model.
abstract: Wound healing is a spatially and temporally regulated process that progresses through sequential, yet overlapping phases and aims to restore barrier breach. To study this complex process scientists use various in vivo and in vitro models. Here we provide step-by-step instructions on how to perform and employ an ex vivo wound healing model to assess epithelization during wound healing in human skin.
authors.affiliation: Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller Medical School, Miami, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Olivera
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Stojadinovic
authors.forename: Marjana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomic-Canic
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods; D014945:Wound Healing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*