Functional characterization of cultured keratinocytes after acute cutaneous burn injury.

BACKGROUND: In addition to forming the epithelial barrier against the outside environment keratinocytes are immunologically active cells. In the treatment of severely burned skin, cryoconserved keratinocyte allografts gain in importance. It has been proposed that these allografts accelerate wound he...

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Main Authors: Gerd G Gauglitz, Siegfried Zedler, Felix von Spiegel, Jasmin Fuhr, Guido Henkel von Donnersmarck, Eugen Faist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3281018?pdf=render