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.
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Olivera, S., Tomic-Canic, M. (2013). Human Ex Vivo Wound Healing Model. In: Gourdie, R., Myers, T. (eds) Wound Regeneration and Repair. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1037. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-505-7_14
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