Biological property and clinical application of tissue engineered skin / 中国组织工程研究

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:Tissue engineered skin has been used to repair defect skin, but it is not as good as to completely replace permanent skin. OBJECTIVE: To explore the biological characteristics and clinical application of various types of tissue engineered skin. METHODS: Pubmed data (1990-01/2005-12) was retrieved by computer with the key words of "tissue-engineered skin". CNKI database (2002-01/2007-12) was retrieved with the same key words. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Totally 226 literatures were primarily selected. After reading titles and Abstracts, studies addressing irrelative objective or repetitive content were excluded, and 11 literatures were included. The aim of skin tissue engineering is to create skin substitute that close to human.skin in histology and functional characteristics. There were many mature tissue engineered skin in clinic, and various artificial skins were developed. Their structure was similar to human, but only had skin barrier function and lack of skin appendages, so they did not have complete skin function, and did not reach skin reestablishment. Ideal skin substitute should process cuticular layer and dermial layer. The dermial layer can reach rapid vascularization and nerve redistribution, can promote physiological wound repair. The cuticular layer can rapidly obtain full barrier and protection function, which can be fully integration with wound surface. A good dermial carrier has good histocompatibility, and a certain physical and chemical properties, such as strength, scratchability, elasticity, gas permeation, water vapor permeability. These can provide a good adherence between dermis and wound surface, offer an ideal fiber stent for cell growth, and finally promote autologous skin growth. Tissue engineered skin has good prospect, but there are many problems that should be solved in biocompatibility and skin function reestablishment.