Dr. Brett Shook Coauthors Wound Healing Research

This research, published in Cell Stem Cell defines how skin resident adipocytes contribute to macrophage inflammation after injury and change their cellular identity to become wound bed myofibroblasts.

Shook B, Wasko R, Mano O, Rutenberg-Schoenberg M, Rudolph M, Zirak B, Rivera-Gonzalez G, Lopez-Giraldez F, Zarini S, Rezza A, Clark D, Rendl M, Rosenblum M, Gerstein M, Horsley V. Dermal Adipocyte Lipolysis and Myofibroblast Conversion Are Required for Efficient Skin Repair. Cell Stem Cell 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2020.03.013."