Healthy Scar with Collagen Type 5; Unhealthy Scar without Collagen Type 5 (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

Healthy Scar with Collagen Type 5; Unhealthy Scar without Collagen Type 5

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Electron microscopy images showing a healthy scar containing collagen type 5 with scar fibers smoothly arranged in parallel (left) and unhealthy scar containing no collagen type 5 with a disorganized architecture with disarray of scar fibers (right).

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Cell/UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center

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