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Jiang, D. ; Christ, S. ; Correa-Gallegos, D. ; Ramesh, P. ; Kalgudde Gopal, S. ; Wannemacher, J. ; Mayr, C. ; Lupperger, V. ; Yu, Q. ; Ye, H. ; Mück-Häusl, M. ; Rajendran, V. ; Wan, L. ; Liu, J. ; Mirastschijski, U.* ; Volz, T.* ; Marr, C. ; Schiller, H. B. ; Rinkevich, Y.

Injury triggers fascia fibroblast collective cell migration to drive scar formation through N-cadherin.

Nat. Commun. 11:5653 (2020)
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Scars are more severe when the subcutaneous fascia beneath the dermis is injured upon surgical or traumatic wounding. Here, we present a detailed analysis of fascia cell mobilisation by using deep tissue intravital live imaging of acute surgical wounds, fibroblast lineage-specific transgenic mice, and skin-fascia explants (scar-like tissue in a dish – SCAD). We observe that injury triggers a swarming-like collective cell migration of fascia fibroblasts that progressively contracts the skin and form scars. Swarming is exclusive to fascia fibroblasts, and requires the upregulation of N-cadherin. Both swarming and N-cadherin expression are absent from fibroblasts in the upper skin layers and the oral mucosa, tissues that repair wounds with minimal scar. Impeding N-cadherin binding inhibits swarming and skin contraction, and leads to reduced scarring in SCADs and in animals. Fibroblast swarming and N-cadherin thus provide therapeutic avenues to curtail fascia mobilisation and pathological fibrotic responses across a range of medical settings.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Corresponding Author
Keywords Pulmonary-fibrosis; Tgf-beta; Regeneration
ISSN (print) / ISBN 2041-1723
e-ISSN 2041-1723
Journal Nature Communications
Quellenangaben Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: , Article Number: 5653 Supplement: ,
Publisher Nature Publishing Group
Publishing Place London
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Regenerative Biology (IRBM)
Lung Health and Immunity (LHI)
Institute of Computational Biology (ICB)
Grants China Scholarship Council (CSC)
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT)
European Research Council Consolidator Grant
Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung
German Research Foundation
Human Frontier Science Program Career Development Award