Fully Three-Dimensional Bioprinted Skin Equivalent Constructs with Validated Morphology and Barrier Function

Tissue Eng Part C Methods. 2019 Jun;25(6):334-343. doi: 10.1089/ten.TEC.2018.0318.

Abstract

This article describes a method for the biofabrication of skin tissue equivalents in a multiwell plate format. The technique and results overcome shortcomings of previously published engineering methods, and show good architecture and barrier function from well to well; thus it may be used for compound functional testing and for the development of disease tissue models for screening.

Keywords: barrier function; bioprinting; high-throughput screening; keratinocytes; skin.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Bioprinting*
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Electric Conductivity
  • Epidermis / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Hydrogels / pharmacology
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Laminin / metabolism
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / metabolism
  • Printing, Three-Dimensional*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Skin, Artificial*
  • Tissue Scaffolds / chemistry*
  • Tissue Survival / drug effects

Substances

  • Hydrogels
  • Laminin
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • nidogen