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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• El-Ghalbzouri, A.
• Van Den Bogaerdt, A.J.
• Kempenaar, J.
• Ponec, M.

Titel

Human adipose tissue-derived cells delay re-epithelialization in comparison with skin fibroblasts in organotypic skin culture

Ist Teil von

• British journal of dermatology (1951), 2004-03, Vol.150 (3), p.444-454

Ort / Verlag

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Quelle

Wiley Blackwell Single Titles

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Summary Background  Wound healing of deep and extensive burns can induce hypertrophic scar formation. During the early steps of wound healing fibroblasts migrate into the wounded area. Fibroblastic cells present in tissues other than dermis may also migrate into the wounded area and participate in the wound healing process. Objectives  To examine the influence of human fibroblastic cells derived from subcutaneous fat or dermis on epidermal morphogenesis in vitro. Methods  We prepared human skin equivalents (HSEs) made of a collagen type I matrix populated either with dermal fibroblasts or adipose tissue‐derived cells (ADCs), on top of which keratinocytes were seeded and subsequently grown at the air–liquid interface. Results  A fully differentiated epidermis was formed on matrices populated with ADCs. However, the HSE formed differed in a number of features from HSE generated with dermal fibroblasts. The major differences included: marked contraction of the dermal matrix, low lateral migration of keratinocytes, high keratin 17 expression indicating increased keratinocyte activation, delayed deposition of collagen IV at the epidermal/matrix junction, accumulation of α‐smooth muscle actin‐positive cells only underneath the epidermal compartment and positioning of these cells in a direction parallel to the epidermal compartment. The latter two phenomena have also been found in scar tissue. Conclusions  The possibility of generating HSEs with different cell types represents an attractive approach for in vitro studies focusing on the mechanism of wound healing.