TRANSPLANTATION OF HUMAN MELANOCYTES
TRANSPLANTATION OF HUMAN MELANOCYTES
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DOI:
10.1111/1523-1747.ep12470973
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发表时间:
1987-09-01
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
MOELLMANN, GE
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作者:
LERNER, AB;HALABAN, R;MOELLMANN, GE
Recent advances in the culturing of pigment cells from human beings have made it possible to begin the transplantation of autologous melanocytes into areas of skin that are hypopigmented. In a patient with piebaldism we were able to take pigment cells from a shave biopsy of the normally pigmented skin of the back, expand the cells in culture, and return them to an area devoid of pigment cells and get a perfect take. To grow the cells in culture we used 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) as well as cholera toxin and isobutylmethyl xanthine. At this time, one can substitute basic fibroblast growth factor for TPA. The procedure of using autologous pigment cell cultures opens the door for further advances in the treatment of patients who do not have melanocytes in certain areas of the skin, as seen in patients with vitiligo or piebaldism, or as a consequence of severe mechanical or thermal trauma.