Scar and fibrosis are the end result of tissue injury and disease. They are a major health problem because scarring does not replace lost function at the site of tissue injury, and no proven therapy for scarring exists. Remarkably, fetal full-thickness skin wounds heal with restoration of normal epidermal and dermal architecture. The central hypothesis to be tested in this proposal is that the biology of scarless wound healing can be differentiated from the biology of scar formation by altered genomic expression responses.
Specific Aim (1): to perform genome-wide expression analysis of fetal and adult skin, and fetal (scarless) and adult (scarring) wounds.
Specific Aim (2): to confirm array data with northern analysis and localize biologically relevant cDNAs for analysis. The goal of this research is to identify genes that are differentially regulated during scarless versus scarring wound healing. We hypothesize these genes can be used to modulate the biology of adult wound healing. This first step will form our basis for developing treatment to induce scarless healing.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Type
Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F32)
Project #
5F32AR049980-02
Application #
6779180
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-F10 (20))
Program Officer
Moshell, Alan N
Project Start
2003-07-01
Project End
2005-06-30
Budget Start
2004-07-01
Budget End
2005-06-30
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2004
Total Cost
$50,548
Indirect Cost
Name
Stanford University
Department
Surgery
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
009214214
City
Stanford
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
94305