Université de Fribourg

Proteomic profiling of fibroblasts isolated from chronic wounds identifies disease-relevant signaling pathways

Berberich, Bettina ; Thriene, Kerstin ; Gretzmeier, Christine ; Kühl, Tobias ; Bayer, Hans ; Athanasiou, Ioannis ; Rafei-Shamsabadi, David Ali ; Bruckner-Tuderman, Leena ; Nyström, Alexander ; Kiritsi, Dimitra ; Dengjel, Jörn

In: Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2020, vol. 140, no. 11, p. 2280-2290.e4

Chronic skin wounds accompany many prevalent age-related diseases and are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Both keratinocytes and fibroblasts contribute to the pathomechanisms in chronic skin wounds. Dysregulated pathways in the epidermis have been extensively studied, but little is known of the influence of dermal fibroblasts on chronic wounding. We isolated fibroblasts from chronic...