QS8: Fat Grafting Depletes Profibrotic Prrx1-positive Fibroblasts In Irradiated Skin And Mitigates Radiation-induced Groin Contracture
Purpose: Contracture is a long-term complication of radiotherapy (RT) that results from pathologic fibrosis of soft tissue in the radiation field. Fat grafting can regenerate fibrotic soft tissue by decreasing collagen density and reorganizing collagen fiber networks. Fibroblasts are the predominant...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer
2021-07-01
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| Series: | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open |
| Online Access: | http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/01.GOX.0000770132.45355.9e |