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. 1978 Mar 1;76(3):561–568. doi: 10.1083/jcb.76.3.561

Cytoplasmic filaments and gap junctions in epithelial cells and myofibroblasts during wound healing

PMCID: PMC2110008  PMID: 564911

Abstract

During the healing of an experimental skin wound, epidermal cells and granulation tissue fibroblasts (myofibroblasts) develop an extensive cytoplasmic contactile apparatus. Concurrently, the proportion of epidermal cell surface occupied by gap junctions increases when compared to normal skin, and newly formed gap junctions appear between myofibroblasts; this suggests that epidermal cell migration and granulation tissue contraction are synchronized phenomena.

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