Skin Trauma Repair
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Pseudofracture: An Acute Peripheral Tissue Trauma Model
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2011
Pseudofracture, a reproducible murine model of sterile musculoskeletal trauma, allows for evaluation of late term post-traumatic immune responses. This article describes the procedural execution of the model step by step, including the potential for experimental model combinations to permit study of multiple trauma.
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A Mouse Fetal Skin Model of Scarless Wound Repair
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2015
During mammalian development, early gestational skin wounds heal without a scar. Here we detail a reliable and reproducible model of fetal scarless wound healing in the cutaneous dorsum of E16.5 (scarless) and E18.5 (scarring) mouse embryos.
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Acute Brain Trauma in Mice Followed By Longitudinal Two-photon Imaging
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2014
Acute brain trauma is a severe injury that has no adequate treatment to date. Multiphoton microscopy allows studying longitudinally the process of acute brain trauma development and probing therapeutical strategies in rodents. Two models of acute brain trauma studied with in vivo two-photon imaging of brain are demonstrated in this protocol.
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Use of a Psychophysiological Script-driven Imagery Experiment to Study Trauma-related Dissociation in Borderline Personality Disorder
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2018
We present a protocol of personalized script-driven trauma-related imagery and clinical assessments within a comparison design for investigating peritraumatic dissociation (PD), psychophysiological reactions, i.e. heart rate (HR) and skin conductance (SC), and psychological features of often severely traumatized individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD).
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Direct Mouse Trauma/Burn Model of Heterotopic Ossification
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2015
An Achilles tenotomy and burn injury model of heterotopic ossification allows for the reliable study of trauma induced ectopic bone formation without the application of exogenous factors.
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Hemostasis first limits blood loss by forming a clot, while inflammation follows by bringing immune activity to the damaged area. These stages are connected rather than isolated: clot formation helps stabilize the injury, and inflammatory cells remove debris and help control microbes. Their coordination prepares the wound for rebuilding during the proliferative stage.
Different cell types contribute distinct parts of reconstruction. Keratinocytes rebuild the wound surface, fibroblasts produce connective tissue, and endothelial cells help restore the wound’s blood supply. Because these activities occur during the same broad stage, successful repair requires coordinated restoration of the surface, supporting tissue, and circulation rather than replacement of only one component.
Visible closure does not mark the end of repair. During remodeling, collagen is reorganized and the repaired tissue becomes stronger over time. This later phase therefore affects the quality and durability of the restored skin, and it provides the biological context for clinical approaches concerned with scar management and long-term tissue function.
Knowledge of the repair stages helps clinicians align care with the wound’s needs. The process informs decisions about cleaning, closure, dressings, infection prevention, and scar management. These choices relate to preserving the skin barrier, supporting tissue restoration, controlling microbial risk, and improving the eventual appearance or function of repaired tissue.
These interventions are part of the clinical framework used to support damaged skin while biological repair proceeds. Cleaning and infection prevention relate to microbial control, closure addresses the injured surface, and dressings provide a selected form of wound care. Together, they connect clinical management with the stages that restore barrier, structure, and function.
The same repair framework helps organize research and clinical understanding across different injury settings. Chronic wounds raise questions about incomplete or prolonged restoration, while burns and surgical injuries apply the principles of barrier recovery, tissue rebuilding, and remodeling to distinct clinical situations. The framework also supports evaluation of recovery and scar-related outcomes.
Research on this process extends beyond routine wound care to regenerative therapies and scar management. Investigators can use the staged sequence to consider how barrier restoration, connective-tissue rebuilding, blood-supply recovery, and collagen reorganization might be supported or improved. This makes skin trauma repair relevant to both therapeutic development and evaluation of tissue outcomes over time.