42 citations
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October 2006 in “Theriogenology” Porcine skin cells are useful for studying wound healing and cancer.
4 citations
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April 2022 in “Microorganisms” In this study, clinically used preoperative skin preparations with povidone iodine and chlorhexidine gluconate did not meet FDA log-reduction standards for bacterial bioburden in a porcine model, suggesting persistent infection risks.
18 citations
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October 2016 in “European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics” In this study, FITC-labeled BSA nanocarriers delivered a model drug deeper into porcine ear skin hair follicles than the carriers themselves, as shown by confocal microscopy.
353 citations
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November 2014 in “Molecular immunology” This review discusses the immune functions of porcine skin and proposes a classification of dendritic cell subsets based on similarities to human skin, but it reports no new clinical results.
16 citations
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April 2016 in “PLoS ONE” In a porcine model, this study observed that using an External Tissue Expansion Device increased epidermis thickness, cell proliferation, and vessel density at fat graft recipient sites.