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Differential Roles of Macrophages in Diverse Phases of Skin Repair
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Influx of macrophages plays a crucial role in tissue repair. However, the precise function of macrophages during the healing response has remained a subject of debate due to their functional dichotomy as effectors of both tissue injury and repair. We tested the hypothesis that macrophages recruited during the diverse phases of skin repair after mechanical injury exert specific functions to restore tissue integrity. For this purpose, we developed a mouse model that allows conditional depletion of macrophages during the sequential stages of the repair response. Depletion of macrophages restricted to the early stage of the repair response (inflammatory phase) significantly reduced the formation of vascularized granulation tissue, impaired epithelialization, and resulted in minimized scar formation. In contrast, depletion of macrophages restricted to the consecutive mid-stage of the repair response (phase of tissue formation) resulted in severe hemorrhage in the wound tissue. Under these conditions, transition into the subsequent phase of tissue maturation and wound closure did not occur. Finally, macrophage depletion restricted to the late stage of repair (phase of tissue maturation) did not significantly impact the outcome of the repair response. These results demonstrate that macrophages exert distinct functions during the diverse phases of skin repair, which are crucial to control the natural sequence of repair events.
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“In both conditions, progression to the following phases of wound repair fails [83].”
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“Their study shows that when macrophages are absent in the inflammatory phase, re-epithelialization and granulation tissue formation are reduced; whereas depletion of macrophages in the proliferative phase results in haemorrhage [83].”
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“Their study shows that when macrophages are absent in the inflammatory phase, re-epithelialization and granulation tissue formation are reduced; whereas depletion of macrophages in the proliferative phase results in haemorrhage [83].”
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“A recent study showed that depletion of macrophages during the proliferative phase of wound healing resulted in a defective transition to the remodeling phase and impaired healing [106,107].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lucas, T., Waisman, A., Ranjan, R., Roes, J., Krieg, T., Müller, W., Roers, A., & Eming, S. A.
- Affiliations
- Department of Dermatology
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- University College London (GB)
- University of Cologne (DE)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
- Venue
- The Journal of Immunology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2010-04-01
- Volume
- 184
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 3964-3977
- ISSN
- 0022-1767 (ISSN-L)
- 1550-6606
- OpenAlex
- W2118654016
- Cited by
- 1,205
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 47 · 2025: 71 · 2024: 84 · 2023: 86 · 2022: 110 · 2021: 102 · 2020: 90 · 2019: 76 · 2018: 87 · 2017: 83 · 2016: 73 · 2015: 78 · 2014: 73 · 2013: 66 · 2012: 41
- FWCI
- 47.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Immunology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- University College London
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB829)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Wound Healing and Treatments
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune cells in cancer
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver physiology and pathology
- Keywords
- macrophages, skin repair, wound healing, mechanical damage, granulation tissue, re-epithelialization, scar formation, hemorrhage, tissue maturation, wound closure, tissue formation
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cell Separation, Flow Cytometry, Immunohistochemistry, Macrophages, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Skin, Skin Physiological Phenomena, Wound Healing, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Mice
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