Fibrosarcoma has been defined as a malignant tumor of the fibroblasts that shows no other evidence of cellular differentiation and is capable of recurrence and metastasis. Fibrosarcomas are rare but may occur anywhere in the body, most commonly in the retroperitoneum, thigh, knee and distal extremities. Fibrosarcoma is uncommon in the head and neck region and constitutes about 1% of all the mal...

OBJECTIVE To explore the influence of charred Gossamer urocteae (CGU) on the functions of primary cultured mouse oral fibroblasts and reveal its mechanism in wound healing. METHODS CGU was extracted with different solvents and ethanol extract (EE), ethyl acetate fraction (EF), n-butanol fraction (BF) and aqueous fraction (AF) were obtained. The effects of different fractions on the proliferat...

Recent studies have shown that Notch signaling is involved in many types of cancers, including oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs). However, the role of Notch signaling in the tumor microenvironment is not yet fully understood. In this study, we investigated the roles of NOTCH3 signaling in cancer associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in OSCCs. Immunohistochemical study of 93 human tongue OSCC cases ...

Fibroblast proliferation is an early feature of progressive tissue fibrosis and is largely regulated by the cytokine transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1). In the oral mucosa, fibroblasts have a unique phenotype and demonstrate healing with no fibrosis/scarring. Our previous studies show that whereas dermal fibroblasts proliferate in response to TGF-β1, oral fibroblasts have an antiproliferati...

The characteristic limited reproductive life-span of normal human fibroblasts in culture is due to a steadily decreasing fraction of cells able to proliferate in the standard rich growth media. We have observed that restricting the growth factor supply to old cells for variable lengths of time in culture increases the fraction of cells that can enter S-phase; although these cells do not go on t...

Introduction Tissue Engineered Mucosa (TEM) was originally designed to reconstruct large oral defects remaining in the oral cavity after oncological resection. TEM consists of human keratinocytes and fibroblasts seeded onto an a-cellular dermal scaffold . Previous study 2 in our laboratory showed that TEM could also be used as a tool to study the biological response to ionizing radiation (IR), ...

Background and Objective: In recent years, due to increasing number of patients with non-healing skin ulcers, skin substitutes have been used. Skin substitutes contain living cells causing faster and more effective wound healing. Therefore, research on the use of autologous and allogeneic cells such as fibroblasts in skin substitutes has attracted attentions. However, there are...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to analyze the effects of diode laser irradiation on the healing of human oral mucosa. MATERIALS AND METHODS After gingivoplasty, the right hemi-arch (test group) of 16 patients was irradiated with a diode laser. The left side (control group) was not irradiated. Incisional biopsies were performed on both sides at 7, 14, 21, and 60 day...

Little is known about miRNA decay, especially in skin wound healing. Here, by small RNA sequencing human and tissues, we identified 12 miRNAs that 5P:3P strand ratios significantly changed. To rule out the effects caused cellular composition, performed CD45- epidermal cells (mainly keratinocytes) CD90+ dermal (fibroblasts) isolated from wounds. Our results showed ratio of miR-X changed both cel...