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ArticleOpen journal of obstetrics and gynecology2025

Unveiling Vaginal Fibrosis: A Novel Murine Model Using Bleomycin and Epithelial Disruption.

Jennifer M McCracken, Gisele A Calderon, Felipe Rivas, Dorothea Erxleben, Taylor Moseley, Lishore A Kumar, Daniel E Kennedy, Swathi Balaji, Adam Hall, Julie C E Hakim

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Article in Open journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Jennifer M McCrackenDivision of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Gisele A CalderonDivision of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Felipe RivasSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Dorothea ErxlebenSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Taylor MoseleyDivision of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Lishore A KumarDivision of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Daniel E KennedyDivision of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Swathi BalajiDivision of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Adam HallSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Julie C E HakimDivision of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.

Funding

Differential changes in energy metabolism in response to mechanical tension give rise to human scaring heterogeneityR01GM141366 · NIGMS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Swathi Balaji · 2023 to 2026
$1.3M
Hormones and Mechanotherapeutics: Restoring Altered Hyaluronan Biology in Mucosal Wound Healing Using Vaginal Tissue as a ModelK08GM135638 · NIGMS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI HAKIM, JULIE · 2019 to 2023
$893k
NIGMS NIH HHS K08 GM135638NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM141366
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaginal fibrosis induced by cancer therapy continues to take a physical and psychoemotional burden. To advance the efforts to generate a reproducible and cost-effective animal model, we tested the effect of repeated bleomycin instillations with mucosal layer disruption on induction of vaginal fibrosis. Tissue samples collected at various time points were analyzed for fibrosis-related gene expression changes and collagen content. Low (1.5 U/kg) and high-dose (2.5 U/kg) bleomycin instillations alone did not induce fibrosis, but when high-dose bleomycin was combined with epithelial disruption, increased profibrotic gene expression and trichrome staining were observed. To evaluate spatial and temporal changes in the ECM structure and gene expression, tissue samples were collected at 1 day, 3 weeks, and 6 weeks after bleomycin and epithelial disruption. Data analyses revealed a significant decrease in matrix metabolizing genes and an increase in pro-fibrotic genes and inhibitors of matrix metabolizing genes in the bleomycin plus epithelial disruption group at 3 weeks. Elevated levels of the profibrotic genes

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CollagenEpithelial DisruptionFibrosisHyaluronanVaginaWound Healing

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PMID40895506
PMCPMC12392699

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