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Graphic depicting mechanical forces applied to skin and the associated effects at cellular levels. As skin is stretched, the dermal matrix expands, opening ion channels, receptors, and other mechanotransductors, altering their accessibility to their respective ligands. This alters many of the signaling cascades that are involved in regeneration and the final state of the repaired wound.
