Usovetskii IA, Burunova VV, Kovtun NE, Suzdal'tseva YG, Krasil'nikova YB, Korotkii NG, Yarygin KN. Preparation of mixed keratinocyte and melanocyte cultures from biopsy specimens of pigmented skin sites of patients with vitiligo.
Bull Exp Biol Med 2009;
148:103-5. [PMID:
19902109 DOI:
10.1007/s10517-009-0646-4]
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Abstract
A method for preparation and expansion of mixed keratinocyte and melanocyte culture from human skin biopsy specimens was developed. The culture contains two melanocyte types: derivatives of hair follicle stem cells and epidermal basal layer stem cells. Fibroblasts were completely eliminated after culturing in selective medium.
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