Chen, Kellen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7023-7850
Griffin, Michelle
Henn, Dominic
Berryman, Katharina S.
Sivaraj, Dharshan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7453-0045
Kussie, Hudson C. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9877-2313
Bonham, Clark A.
McKenna, Eamonn https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2324-592X
Mora Pinos, Maria Gracia
Alsharif, Abdelrahman M. https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7965-1203
Saenz, Fidel
Matthews, Nicholas E. https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1609-7774
Jafri, Maisam
Yasmeh, Jonathan P.
Borrelli, Mimi R.
Huskins, Savana
Steele, Sydney
Knochel, Amelia B.
Singh, Mansi https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7045-1410
Hostler, Andrew C.
Leeolou, Melissa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9223-2380
Hahn, William W.
Perrault, David https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3664-6930
Abbas, Darren https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5218-1665
Guardino, Nicholas https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8577-8038
Thomas, Benjamin
Barrera, Janos A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6811-8337
Noishiki, Chikage
Trotsyuk, Artem A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8886-5583
Padmanabhan, Jagannath https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1096-6637
Januszyk, Michael
Khreiss, Mohammad
Longaker, Michael T. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1430-8914
Gurtner, Geoffrey C. https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0706-8035
Funding for this research was provided by:
United States Department of Defense | United States Army | Army Medical Command | Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (W81XWH-13-2-0054)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (U24 DE026914, U24 DE026914)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (1S10OD021763, 1S10OD021763)
National Science Foundation (ECCS-1542152, ECCS-1542152)
Plastic Surgery Foundation (837107)
Article History
Received: 5 January 2024
Accepted: 10 July 2025
First Online: 21 October 2025
Competing interests
: K.C., D.H. and G.C.G. have filed US patent applications: US20230121926A1, titled ‘Methods for tissue regeneration and kits therefor’ and published on 20 April 2023, and US20240252494A1, titled ‘Disrupting mechanotransduction decreases fibrosis and contracture in split thickness skin grafting’ and published on 1 August 2024. M.T.L. and G.C.G. are co-inventors on US patent US9655967B2, entitled ‘Inhibition of focal adhesion kinase for control of scar tissue formation’ and published on 23 May 2017. The other authors declare no competing interests.