Skin tissue engineering is a branch of regenerative medicine that develops biologically functional skin substitutes to restore tissue lost or damaged by burns, chronic wounds, and disease. It integrates cells, biomaterial scaffolds, and bioactive signals to reconstruct the epidermal and dermal compartments and to pr…
Skin tissue engineering is a branch of regenerative medicine that develops biologically functional skin substitutes to restore tissue lost or damaged by burns, chronic wounds, and disease. It integrates cells, biomaterial scaffolds, and bioactive signals to reconstruct the epidermal and dermal compartments and to promote re-epithelialization, vascularization, and barrier restoration. Scaffolds, often natural polymers such as chitosan or composite matrices, provide a degradable three-dimensional template that supports cell attachment, migration, and extracellular-matrix deposition while guiding tissue remodeling. Key considerations include scaffold degradation kinetics, mechanical and surface properties, growth-factor delivery, cell sourcing, and integration with the wound bed, alongside control of infection at the implantation site. Engineered constructs and in vitro wound models also serve as platforms to study healing dynamics, the epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and the cellular behavior underlying repair and pathology. Research relevant to this area includes the characterization of enzymatically degraded chitosan scaffolds, active formulations for cellulite and dermal remodeling, dermo-epidermal junction biology in neoplasia, sunscreen pharmacodynamics, and management of skin ulceration and wound infection. The journal publishes peer-reviewed studies on biomaterials, scaffolds, wound healing, and cell-based strategies for cutaneous repair and reconstruction.
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The 12 articles above have been cited 395 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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