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cc-by (c)  Cirulli, A. et al., 2024
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Mimicking human skin constructs using norbornene-pullulan-based hydrogels

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There has been a huge demand for engineered skin tissues in the realms of both in vitro and in vivo applications. Selecting the right material scaffold is a critical consideration in making engineered skin tissues, since it should possess a good balance between elasticity and mechanical stability while promoting an adequate cell microenvironment to support both the dermal and the epidermal compartments of skin tissue. In this study, 3D-bioprinted norbornene-pullulan photocrosslinkable hydrogels were utilized as alternative scaffolds to produce epithelized dermal skin models. By employing visible light, 2.5 mm3 cell-laden hydrogels could be printed in 10 s. The thiol-ene photocrosslinking chemistry employed in this work enabled the formation of a well-defined extracellular matrix with orthogonal crosslinks, where encapsulated fibroblasts maintained high cellular viability rates. Through this method, an epidermal layer could be grown on top of the fibroblasts. The coexistence and interaction of human fibroblasts and keratinocytes were visualized by determining the expression of specific markers. This approach represents a promising starting point for the development of photocrosslinkable hydrogel-based human skin constructs by using thiol-ene norbornene chemistry, paving the way toward manufacture of complex in vitro models of human tissues.

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CIRULLI, Angela, BORGHETI-CARDOSO, Livia neves, TORRAS, Núria, MARTÍNEZ FRAIZ, Elena. Mimicking human skin constructs using norbornene-pullulan-based hydrogels. _International Journal Of Bioprinting_. 2024. Vol. 10, núm. 4, pàgs. 222-237. [consulta: 1 de febrer de 2026]. ISSN: 2424-7723. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/215355]

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