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Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Dorsal Skin of Hamsters: a Useful Model for the Screening of Antileishmanial Drugs
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2012
Optimization of the experimental hamster model for cutaneous leishmaniasis by intradermal injection of Leishmania promastigotes at the dorsal skin. This approach is useful during inoculation, follow-up, characterization of lesions, application of treatments and obtaining of clinical samples. Locomotion, search for food and water, play and social activities are preserved.
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Dual-mode Imaging of Cutaneous Tissue Oxygenation and Vascular Function
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2010
A dual-mode imaging system was developed for non-contact assessment of cutaneous tissue oxygenation and vascular function.
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Cutaneous Surgical Denervation: A Method for Testing the Requirement for Nerves in Mouse Models of Skin Disease
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2016
This article includes detailed protocols for genetic labeling of mouse skin, surgical denervation, skin biopsy and visualizing labeled epithelia by whole-mount β-galactosidase staining. These methods can be used to test the requirement for nerves in mouse models of normal and pathological skin.
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In Vitro Model of Human Cutaneous Hypertrophic Scarring using Macromolecular Crowding
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2020
This protocol describes the use of macromolecular crowding to create an in vitro human hypertrophic scar tissue model that resembles in vivo conditions. When cultivated in a crowded macromolecular environment, human skin fibroblasts exhibit phenotypes, biochemistry, physiology, and functional characteristics resembling scar tissue.
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Demonstration of Cutaneous Allodynia in Association with Chronic Pelvic Pain
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2009
A demonstration of the bedside test for cutaneous allodynia and its clinical implications.
FAQs
Epidermal epithelial cells and underlying dermal mesenchyme influence one another through reciprocal signaling. These interactions coordinate epithelial differentiation, barrier formation, and the spatial patterning of appendages such as hair follicles. A cutaneous biology model can separate or reconstruct these tissue interactions, allowing researchers to examine how signals from one compartment alter cellular behavior and contribute to organized skin development.
Cultured cells, organotypic tissues, organoids, and animal systems provide different levels of biological organization for studying skin development. Cell-based models can isolate cellular responses, whereas tissue-based and animal systems preserve more of the interactions involved in tissue organization. Comparing these formats helps connect molecular mechanisms with larger developmental outcomes, including differentiation, barrier formation, and appendage patterning.
Common outcomes include changes in epidermal cell differentiation, establishment of the skin barrier, and formation or patterning of appendages such as hair follicles. These readouts link signaling activity to visible or functional tissue organization. Examining several outcomes together helps determine whether a developmental process affects a specific cell behavior or disrupts the broader formation of functional skin.
Model selection depends on the developmental process that must be isolated and the level of tissue organization needed to study it. Cultured cells may support focused analysis of cellular behavior, while organotypic tissues, organoids, or animal systems can represent interactions between epidermal and dermal compartments. The chosen system should therefore match the mechanism and outcome under investigation.
These models are useful when researchers need to connect cellular behavior with the restoration or formation of organized skin. They can support studies of wound repair and regeneration by providing experimental systems in which tissue responses and developmental processes are examined. Their value lies in linking changes at the cellular level to the organization of functional cutaneous tissue.
By representing skin development and the signaling between epidermal and dermal compartments, cutaneous biology models can help investigate congenital skin disorders and guide tissue-engineering research. They provide ways to examine how developmental mechanisms affect tissue structure and function. This connection is especially relevant when the goal is to understand abnormal skin formation or support the construction of organized skin tissue.