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Skin Morphology of the Clawn Miniature Pig
- Source :
- Experimental Animals. 56:369-373
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science, 2007.
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Abstract
- Skin morphology of the Clawn miniature pig (CMP) was investigated at the axilla, medial thigh, back and loin. The mean thickness of the epidermis (excluding the corneal layer), the mean number of layers of keratinocytes comprising the epidermis and the mean height of keratinocytes were assessed morphometrically. When observed under a light microscope, the skin of the CMP resembled human skin. Morphometrically, skin from the back and loin of the CMP most resembles human skin. Electron microscopic observations revealed sparse but typical Birbeck granules in the epidermal Langerhans cells of the CMP. The results of the present study indicate that CMP skin is potentially useful as a model for human skin.
- Subjects :
- Keratinocytes
Male
Morphology (linguistics)
Langerhans cell
Miniature pig
Swine
Birbeck granules
Human skin
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
medicine
Animals
Humans
Corneal layer
Electron microscopic
Skin
integumentary system
General Veterinary
biology
Chemistry
General Medicine
Anatomy
biology.organism_classification
carbohydrates (lipids)
medicine.anatomical_structure
Epidermal Cells
Langerhans Cells
Swine, Miniature
Female
Animal Science and Zoology
Epidermis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18817122 and 13411357
- Volume :
- 56
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Experimental Animals
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....49279f024c05cf2dd8a6dacd06addda3
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1538/expanim.56.369