1. In vitro proliferation of human epidermal melanocytes biopsied from multiple anatomical sites
- Author
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Yu-Fen Wang, Kuo‐Chia Yang, Hui-Ju Yang, Yuan-Ting Yang, and Jiunn‐Liang Ko
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Male ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Vitiligo ,Dermatology ,Biology ,Melanocyte ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Autologous transplantation ,Cell Proliferation ,Skin ,integumentary system ,medicine.disease ,Cell expansion ,Anatomical sites ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Treatment modality ,Cell culture ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,In vitro proliferation ,Melanocytes ,Female ,Epidermis - Abstract
Background Vitiligo is an acquired disease that involves low pigment variation in the skin. The use of cultured melanocytes for treatment of recalcitrant vitiligo has become a well-established treatment modality. In vitro cultured melanocytes present an effective autologous transplantation treatment modality for vitiligo. The present study investigated the in vitro culture of epidermal melanocytes sampled from multiple body parts, as well as the differences in total propagation time. Methods Skin specimens were collected from 30 participants (14 males and 16 females) who supplied normal colored skin sections from various regions of their body, including the face, chest, abdomen, buttock, and extremities. Subsequently, all of these specimens were treated with an identical melanocyte purification and culturing process. Results Melanocytes from the face demonstrated the most rapid growth and longest total propagation time. Melanocytes from the buttock, abdomen, and extremities displayed similar results to one another, and melanocytes from the chest and back had the slowest growth and shortest total propagation time. Conclusion Selecting the most favorable site to obtain epidermal melanocytes will reduce the required quantity of skin and culturing time, and maximize the growth and total propagation time of melanocytes. Therefore, care should be exercised when selecting the region of skin when culturing epidermal melanocytes.
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- 2020