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To characterize the timing, tissue origins, and compartment requirements underlying blastema formation and bone regeneration in the adult mouse digit tip.

May 1, 2018Wound Repair and Regeneration

Blastema formation and periosteal ossification in the regenerating adult mouse digit

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LDLindsay DawsonTexas A&M University PSPaula P. SchanesTulane University PKPatrick KimBayfront Medical Center

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Experimental study reveals blastema formation and periosteal osteogenesis drive digit tip regeneration in adult mice, highlighting the periosteum as an essential regenerative tissue.

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To characterize the timing, tissue origins, and compartment requirements underlying blastema formation and bone regeneration in the adult mouse digit tip.
Examined epimorphic regeneration dynamics following terminal phalanx (P3) amputation in an adult mouse model.
Tracked cellular proliferation, osteogenesis, and blastema assembly within the periosteal and endosteal bone compartments.
Evaluated the functional requirement of the periosteum in distal bone replacement using tissue depletion experiments.
Blastema formation initiated before epidermal wound closure and coincided with bone histolysis, with early proliferation and osteogenesis localizing to periosteal and endosteal compartments.
Periosteal osteogenesis extended from the stump as a polarized progressive wave, restoring proximal-distal and medial length but generating excessive dorsal-ventral bone volume.
Periosteum depletion completely prevented regeneration of new bone distal to the amputation plane.

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Dawson et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fd0a5fdbcb73fbc55d04a4 https://doi.org/10.1111/wrr.12666

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Experimental study reveals blastema formation and periosteal osteogenesis drive digit tip regeneration in adult mice, highlighting the periosteum as an essential regenerative tissue.

Blastema formation and periosteal ossification in the regenerating adult mouse digit

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Blastema formation and periosteal ossification in the regenerating adult mouse digit

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