The porcine ear skin as a model system for the human integument: Influence of Storage conditions on basic features of epidermis structure and function - A histological and histochemical study

Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-28

  Meyer, W ^a   Zschemisch, N H ^a   Godynicki, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Epidermis; Human skin model; Material storage; Porcine ear skin

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIPID; SKIN LIPID; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; GALLOCYANIN; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPHOTOMETRY; EAR; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; EPIDERMIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; INTEGUMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN STRUCTURE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SWINE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TISSUE NECROSIS; TISSUE PRESERVATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; STAINING; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALS; EAR; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; OXAZINES; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAINING AND LABELING; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0038823904     PISSN: 15051773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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