Table 1.
Effect of substrate stiffness and extracellular matrix proteins on wound closure in skin explants culture.
Stiffness (kPa) | Number of skin explants | Complete wound closure | Partial wound closure | No wound closure | |
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Collagen (20 μg/cm2) |
0.2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
50 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
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Tenascin (2 μg/cm2) |
0.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
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Fibronectin (2 μg/cm2) |
0.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
50 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
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Laminin (2 μg/cm2) |
0.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
*Skin explants were sliced into 4 × 4 mm2 and punched 2 mm hole in the center.
*Wound closure was determined and recorded after 15 h culture.