EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE PREPARATION AND TRANSPLANTATION OF COMPOSITE SKIN COMPOSED OF ACELLULAR DERMIS AND KERATINOCYTES / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

To study the method of preparing the composite skin composed of keratinocytes and acellular dermis, and to investigate the efficacy as well as its histological changes after being grafted on wounds of athymic mice. Compared with keratinocyte sheet grafting, the wounds grafted with composite skin had better healing rate, appearance and less wound contraction rate. Moreover, histological examination revealed fully differentiated epidermis, organized proliferated collagen fibres, and distinct reconstruction of epidermis-dermis junction in composite skin group, with absence of acute immuno-rejection response. As a new kind of skin substitutes, the composite skin can improve the quality of wound healing.