Skin Tissue Models

By: Alexandra P. Marques (Editor), Rui L. Reis (Editor), Rogério P. Pirraco (Editor), Mariana Cerqueira (Editor)

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Skin Tissue Models provides a translational link for biomedical researchers on the interdisciplinary approaches to skin regeneration. As the skin is the largest organ in the body, engineered substitutes have critical medical application to patients with disease and injury - from burn wounds and surgical scars, to vitiligo, psoriasis and even plastic surgery. This volume offers readers preliminary description of the normal structure and function of mammalian skin, exposure to clinical problems and disease, coverage of potential therapeutic molecules and testing, skin substitutes, models as study platforms of skin biology and emerging technologies.

The editors have created a table of contents which frames the relevance of skin tissue models for researchers as platforms to study skin biology and therapeutic approaches for different skin diseases, for clinicians as tissue substitutes, and for cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries as alternative test substrates that can replace animal models.

Offers descriptions of the normal structure/function of mammalian skin, exposure to clinical problems, and more
Presents coverage of skin diseases (cancer, genodermatoses, vitiligo and psoriasis) that extends to clinical requirements and skin diseases in vitro models
Addresses legal requirements and ethical concerns in drugs and cosmetics in vitro testing
Edited and authored by internationally renowned group of researchers, presenting the broadest coverage possible