Collagen Cross-linking = COLLAGEN MATURATION =
SCAR STRENGTH
REMODELING & SCARRING
•DEGRADATION
OF inappropriately oriented COLLAGEN
MOLECULES
by
COLLAGENASES
[MMP
Family produced by macrophages, fibroblasts and keratinocytes,
and stimulated by growth factors, cytokines, hormones
and ECM components]
RE-SYNTHESIS
OF COLLAGEN
