Hair follicle regeneration in skin grafts: current concepts and future perspectives.
Tissue Eng Part B Rev
; 18(1): 15-23, 2012 Feb.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21883016
ABSTRACT
The repair and management of full-thickness skin defects resulting from burns and chronic wounds remain a significant unmet clinical challenge. For those skin defects exceeding 50%-60% of total body surface area, it is impractical to treat with autologous skin transplants because of the shortage of donor sites. The possibility of using tissue-engineered skin grafts for full-thickness wound repair is a promising approach. The primary goal of tissue-engineered skin grafts is to restore lost barrier function, but regeneration of appendages, such as hair follicles, has to be yet achieved. The successful regeneration of hair follicles in immunodeficient mice suggests that creating human hair follicles in tissue-engineered skin grafts is feasible. However, many limitations still need to be explored, particularly enriching isolated cells with trichogenic capacity, maintaining this ability during processing, and providing the cells with proper environmental cues. Current advances in hair follicle regeneration, in vitro and in vivo, are concisely summarized in this report, and key requirements to bioengineer a hair follicle are proposed, with emphasis on a three-dimensional approach.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Regeneration
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Skin Transplantation
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Hair Follicle
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Tissue Engineering
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Tissue Eng Part B Rev
Journal subject:
BIOTECNOLOGIA
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HISTOLOGIA
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States