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The control of epidermal stem cells (holoclones) in the treatment of massive full-thickness burns with autologous keratinocytes cultured on fibrin.
Graziella Pellegrini,R. Ranno,G. Stracuzzi,Sergio Bondanza,L Guerra,Giovanna Zambruno,G. Micali,De Luca M +7 more
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In this article, the authors show that if new keratinocyte culture technologies and/or delivery systems are proposed, a careful evaluation of epidermal stem cell preservation is essential for the clinical performance of this lifesaving technology.Abstract:
Background. Cell therapy is an emerging therapeutic strategy aimed at replacing or repairing severely damaged tissues with cultured cells. Epidermal regeneration obtained with autologous cultured keratinocytes (cultured autografts) can be life-saving for patients suffering from massive full-thickness burns. However, the widespread use of cultured autografts has been hampered by poor clinical results that have been consistently reported by different burn units, even when cells were applied on properly prepared wound beds. This might arise from the depletion of epidermal stem cells (holoclones) in culture. Depletion of holoclones can occur because of (i) incorrect culture conditions, (ii) environmental damage of the exposed basal layer of cultured grafts, or (iii) use of new substrates or culture technologies not pretested for holoclone preservation. The aim of this study was to show that, if new keratinocyte culture technologies and/or "delivery systems" are proposed, a careful evaluation of epidermal stem cell preservation is essential for the clinical performance of this lifesaving technology.read more
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p63 identifies keratinocyte stem cells
Graziella Pellegrini,Elena Dellambra,Osvaldo Golisano,Enrica Martinelli,Ivana Fantozzi,Sergio Bondanza,Diego Ponzin,Frank McKeon,Michele De Luca +8 more
TL;DR: It is shown by clonal analysis that p63 is abundantly expressed by epidermal and limbal holoclones, but is undetectable in paraclones, and will be of practical importance for the clinical application of epithelial cultures in cell therapy as well as for studies on epithelial tumorigenesis.
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Morphogenesis and Renewal of Hair Follicles from Adult Multipotent Stem Cells
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Limbal stem-cell therapy and long-term corneal regeneration
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TL;DR: Culture of limbal stem cells represent a source of cells for transplantation in the treatment of destruction of the human cornea due to burns and success--that is, the generation of normal epithelium on donor stroma--was associated with the percentage of p63-bright holoclone-forming stem cells in culture.
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Stem cells in tissue engineering.
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Epidermal stem cells of the skin.
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Long-term restoration of damaged corneal surfaces with autologous cultivated corneal epithelium
Graziella Pellegrini,Carlo Enrico Traverso,Adriano T. Franzi,M. Zingirian,Ranieri Cancedda,Michele De Luca +5 more
TL;DR: It is shown that corneal progenitor cells are localised in the limbus, that cultured limbal cells generate cohesive sheets of authentic cornean epithelium, and that autologous cultured corneals restored the corNEal surface of two patients with complete loss of the Corneal-limbus epithelio.
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Three clonal types of keratinocyte with different capacities for multiplication
Yann Barrandon,Howard Green +1 more
TL;DR: Colony-forming human epidermal cells are heterogeneous in their capacity for sustained growth and the incidence of the different clonal types is affected by aging, since cells originating from the epidermis of older donors give rise to a lower proportion of holoclones and a higher proportion of paraclones.
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