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To determine whether mammalian proximal digit tip amputation represents complete regenerative failure and to characterize the compartmental cell dynamics during wound healing.

August 21, 2020Wound Repair and Regeneration

Proximal digit tip amputation initiates simultaneous blastema and transient fibrosis formation and results in partial regeneration

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LDLindsay DawsonTexas A&M University PSPaula P. SchanesTulane University LMLuis MarreroLouisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans

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Experimental study demonstrates partial bone regeneration alongside transient fibrosis after proximal digit amputation in mice, indicating periosteal exclusion restricts regrowth.

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To determine whether mammalian proximal digit tip amputation represents complete regenerative failure and to characterize the compartmental cell dynamics during wound healing.
Examined cellular responses and tissue healing patterns in mice following proximal amputation of the third phalanx (P3) digit tip.
Tracked blastema formation, bone remodeling, and fibrotic tissue deposition separately across the periosteal and endosteal/marrow compartments.
Proximal P3 amputation initiates partial bone regeneration that is restricted exclusively to the endosteal/marrow compartment, proceeding via intramembranous ossification in a polarized proximal-to-distal direction.
Periosteal compartment osteogenesis is absent after proximal amputation, contrasting with distal amputations where periosteal cells are required to restore skeletal length.
Amputation triggers transient fibrotic tissue that temporarily isolates the marrow compartment from the periosteum and epidermis before resolving as regeneration proceeds.

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Dawson et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa60e285becb0bc28eecd1c https://doi.org/10.1111/wrr.12856

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Experimental study demonstrates partial bone regeneration alongside transient fibrosis after proximal digit amputation in mice, indicating periosteal exclusion restricts regrowth.

Proximal digit tip amputation initiates simultaneous blastema and transient fibrosis formation and results in partial regeneration

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Proximal digit tip amputation initiates simultaneous blastema and transient fibrosis formation and results in partial regeneration

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