Damage to our tissues occurs daily and must be repaired by the body in a timely manner in order to prevent infection and restore tissue integrity. Many cell types are involved in the healing process, but it is the cells of the stroma that are largely responsible for rebuilding fibrous tissue, which provides structure and support for all other cell types during healing. This dissertation focuses on stromal tissue repair, the rebuilding of fibrous tissue by fibroblasts following injury. Specifically, I focus on 1) models to study wound healing in vitro, and the specific biological processes of healing that each model captures, 2) the response of engineered stromal microtissues to different methods of injury, namely laceration and laser ablation, and the subsequent clearance and rebuilding of the extracellular matrix by fibroblasts, and 3) how different types of stromal cells and extracellular matrix proteins contribute to tissue repair in vitro.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/45474 |
| Date | 17 January 2023 |
| Creators | Griebel, Megan E. |
| Contributors | Chen, Christopher S., Eyckmans, Jeroen |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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