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Scratch Wound Healing Assay
Protocol
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Abstract
Cell migration is a crucial step for wound healing. Assays able to evaluate cell migration are very useful to evaluate in vitro wound healing. Scratch wound assay creates a gap in confluent monolayer of keratinocytes to mimic a wound. The protocol of scratch wound is based on few steps: cell culture preparation, scratch wound assay, data acquisition, and data analysis.
Keywords
Cell migration Data analysis Healing assay Scratch wound assay Wound repairReferences
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