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- Title
Growth and differentiation of human epidermal cultures used as auto- and allografts in humans.
- Authors
Faure, M.; Mauduit, G.; Schmitt, D.; Kanitakis, J.; Demidem, A.; Thivolet, J.
- Abstract
Human keratinocytes from small skin specimens were grown on mouse 3T3 cell feeder layers into epidermal sheets free from Langerhans cells and MHC class II antigen. These were found to be suitable for the permanent coverage of wounds when used as autografts or allografts. We report here the ultrastructural differentiation of this cultured epidermis after grafting onto autologous or allogeneic recipients. The cultured epidermis was a thin but multilayered Malpighian epithelium composed of keratinocytes at different stages of differentiation. The dermo-epidermal basement membrane was newly synthesized during the first few days following transplantation onto de-epidermized wounds. The analysis of keratins and examination of various keratinocyte membrane antigens by immunofluorescence indicated that full terminal epithelial differentiation was only achieved after in vivo transplantation of the cultured epidermis. Langerhans cells, absent in cultures, progressively colonized the grafts, while melanocytes, not detectable in sections of the cultures, were identified among the keratinocytes 2 weeks after grafting.
- Subjects
HOMOGRAFTS; EPIDERMIS; DENDRITIC cells; CELL differentiation; LANGERHANS cells; KERATIN
- Publication
British Journal of Dermatology, 1987, Vol 116, Issue 2, p161
- ISSN
0007-0963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2133.1987.tb05807.x