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In spite of numerous studies the etiology of keloid formation remains obscure [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ] . However, as TGFβ1 regulates the expression and deposition of collagenous extracellular matrix (ECM) [ 12 13 14 ] it is expected that keloids develop due to aberrant responses to this cytokine.
Usually the studied keloids are at least several months old and may have had enough time for tension relaxation and loss of α-SMA.
Although myofibroblasts were not detected in vivo [ 51 ] , the propensity of keloid fibroblasts to express α-SMA in vitro and the loss of this protein upon matrix contraction (gel relaxation) do not allow one to dismiss a role for myofibroblasts in keloids.
Interestingly, keloids in some Caucasian patients were found to contain α-SMA positive fibroblasts [ 52 ] . Many of the α-SMA positive cells were spindle-shaped, which suggests that these cells experienced outside tension.
α-SMA content and apoptosis were evaluated as a function of serum, TGFβ1 and collagen type I. The observed phenotypic differences between fibroblasts grown from glabrous vs. nonglabrous tissue suggest a reason for the exclusion of keloids from specific body sites of keloid prone individuals.