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Review
. 2018:1107:143-188.
doi: 10.1007/5584_2018_226.

Tissue Engineered Skin Substitutes

Parisa Goodarzi  1 , Khadijeh Falahzadeh  2 , Mehran Nematizadeh  2 , Parham Farazandeh  2 , Moloud Payab  3 , Bagher Larijani  4 , Akram Tayanloo Beik  5 , Babak Arjmand  6
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Tissue Engineered Skin Substitutes

Parisa Goodarzi et al. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2018.

Abstract

The fundamental skin role is to supply a supportive barrier to protect body against harmful agents and injuries. Three layers of skin including epidermis, dermis and hypodermis form a sophisticated tissue composed of extracellular matrix (ECM) mainly made of collagens and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) as a scaffold, different cell types such as keratinocytes, fibroblasts and functional cells embedded in the ECM. When the skin is injured, depends on its severity, the majority of mentioned components are recruited to wound regeneration. Additionally, different growth factors like fibroblast growth factor (FGF), epidermal growth factor (EGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are needed to orchestrated wound healing process. In case of large surface area wounds, natural wound repair seems inefficient. Inspired by nature, scientists in tissue engineering field attempt to engineered constructs mimicking natural healing process to promote skin restoration in untreatable injuries. There are three main types of commercially available engineered skin substitutes including epidermal, dermal, and dermoepidermal. Each of them could be composed of scaffold, desired cell types or growth factors. These substitutes could have autologous, allogeneic, or xenogeneic origin. Moreover, they may be cellular or acellular. They are used to accelerate wound healing and recover normal skin functions with pain relief. Although there are a wide variety of commercially available skin substitutes, almost none of them considered as an ideal equivalents required for proper wound healing.

Keywords: Skin substitute; Tissue engineering; Wound healing.

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