Abstract 190: Dermal Wounding Reveals Focal Adhesion Kinase Dependent Tissue-Resident Fibroblast Progenitors

Purpose: Wound healing is a complex process that involves the extensive coordination of different cell types, most significant of which is the fibroblast. Fibroblasts play a key role in wound healing by assisting in wound closure and tissue remodeling. Significant research efforts have gone into identifying and characterizing specific subsets of fibroblasts involved in wound healing. However, unanswered questions in wound healing remain...