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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Comparison of Two Human Skin Cell Isolation Protocols and Their Influence on Keratinocyte and Fibroblast Culture.

Álvaro Sierra-Sánchez, Martin A Barbier, Brice Magne, Danielle Larouche, Salvador Arias-Santiago, Lucie Germain

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Álvaro Sierra-SánchezLOEX Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Université Laval Research Center and Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec City, QC G1J 1Z4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4511-408X
Martin A BarbierLOEX Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Université Laval Research Center and Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec City, QC G1J 1Z4, Canada.
Brice MagneLOEX Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Université Laval Research Center and Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec City, QC G1J 1Z4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5052-1144
Danielle LaroucheLOEX Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Université Laval Research Center and Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec City, QC G1J 1Z4, Canada.
Salvador Arias-SantiagoUnidad de Producción Celular e Ingeniería Tisular (UPCIT), Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital, ibs.Granada, Andalusian Network of Design and Translation of Advanced Therapies, 18014 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4186-1435
Lucie GermainLOEX Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Université Laval Research Center and Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec City, QC G1J 1Z4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8883-6491
Université Laval · CASociedad Andaluza de Trasplantes de Órganos y Tejidos · ESUniversidad de Granada · ES

Funding

CIHR FDN-143213 and IC-132948
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For the development of advanced therapies, the use of primary cells instead of cell lines is preferred. The manufacture of human tissue-engineered skin substitutes requires efficient isolation and culture protocols allowing a massive expansion of the cells in culture from an initial specimen of a minimal size. This study compared two skin cell isolation protocols, routinely applied in two clinical laboratories. Epithelial (keratinocytes) and dermal (fibroblasts) cells were isolated and cultured from three human skin biopsies (N = 3). The two-step digestion protocol (LOEX-Protocol) firstly used thermolysin to enzymatically disrupt the dermal-epidermal junction while, for the one-step digestion protocol (UPCIT-Protocol), mechanical detachment with scissors was applied. Then, the epidermal and dermal layers were digested, respectively, to achieve cell isolation. The cell size, viability, yield and growth were analyzed over five passages (P). The colony-forming efficiency (CFE) and Keratin 19 (K19) expression of epithelial cells were also assessed after P0 and P1. Regarding the dermal cells, no significant differences were observed in the tested parameters of isolation and culture. However, for the epithelial cells, viability was higher (93% vs. 85%) and the number of cells extracted per cm

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Skin, ArtificialTissue EngineeringCells, CulturedCell SeparationFibroblastsHumansKeratinocytesSkinCFEfibroblastKeratin 19keratinocyteprotocolskin cell isolationskin substitutetissue engineering

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PMID37834159
PMCPMC10572435
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