2022
Langerhans cells are essential components of the angiogenic niche during murine skin repair
Wasko R, Bridges K, Pannone R, Sidhu I, Xing Y, Naik S, Miller-Jensen K, Horsley V. Langerhans cells are essential components of the angiogenic niche during murine skin repair. Developmental Cell 2022, 57: 2699-2713.e5. PMID: 36493773, PMCID: PMC10848275, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.11.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAngiogenic nicheSingle-cell RNA sequencingLangerhans cellsControl of angiogenesisCanonical roleMouse geneticsPre-existing vesselsRNA sequencingImmune cellsSkin repairFunction of LCSkin-resident immune cellsNew blood vesselsMouse skin woundsThree-dimensional microscopyNicheNon-healing woundsEndothelial cellsAngiogenesisCellsCell immunityTreatment optionsInflammatory diseasesAntigen presentationInjury repair
2012
IL-22 Promotes Fibroblast-Mediated Wound Repair in the Skin
McGee HM, Schmidt BA, Booth CJ, Yancopoulos GD, Valenzuela DM, Murphy AJ, Stevens S, Flavell RA, Horsley V. IL-22 Promotes Fibroblast-Mediated Wound Repair in the Skin. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2012, 133: 1321-1329. PMID: 23223145, PMCID: PMC3610794, DOI: 10.1038/jid.2012.463.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIL-22Immune cellsCytokine IL-22Epithelial cellsWound repairIL-22 signalingDermal compartmentFull-thickness woundingAcute injuryPeripheral tissuesSkin wound repairEpithelial regenerationMyofibroblast differentiationSkin woundingEpidermal barrierExtracellular matrix gene expressionMatrix gene expressionInjuryVivo roleSkin repairMiceUnidentified roleFibroblastsRepairUnidirectional signaling