Skin Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

The skin is the largest human organ system. Loss of skin integrity due to injury or illness results in a substantial physiologic imbalance and ultimately in severe disability or death. From burn victims to surgical scars and plastic surgery, the therapies resulting from skin tissue engineering and regenerative medicine are important to a broad spectrum of patients.   Skin Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine provides a translational link for biomedical researchers across fields to understand the inter-disciplinary approaches which expanded available therapies for patients and additional research collaboration.  This work expands on the primary literature on the state of the art of cell therapies and biomaterials to review the most widely used surgical therapies for the specific clinical scenarios.

Explores cellular and molecular processes of wound healing, scar formation, and dermal repairIncludes examples of animal models for wound healing and translation to the clinical worldPresents the current state of, and clinical opportunities for, extracellular matrices, natural biomaterials, synthetic biomaterials, biologic skin substitutes, and adult and fetal stem and skin cells for skin regenerative therapies and wound managementDiscusses new innovative approaches for wound healing including skin bioprinting and directed cellular therapies

Foreword
Introduction
1. Anatomy, Physiology, Histology, & Immunohistochemistry of Human Skin
2. Molecular & Cellular Biology of Wound Healing and Skin Regeneration 
3. Tissue Processing and Staining for Histological Analyses
4. Clinical Management of Wound Healing and Hypertrophic Scarring
5. Process development & Manufacturing of Human and Animal Acellular Dermal Matrices
6. Clinical Applications of Acellular Dermal Matrices in Reconstructive Surgery
7. Advances in Acellular Extracellular Matrices (ECM) for Wound Healing
8. Natural Biomaterials for Skin Tissue Engineering 
9. Synthetic Biomaterials for Skin Tissue Engineering 
10. Hybrid Biomaterials for Skin Tissue Engineering 
11. Biologic Skin Substitutes 
12. Wound Healing: A Comprehensive Wound Assessment and Treatment Approach 
13. Current Innovations for the Treatment of Chronic Wounds 
14. The Surgical Management of Burn Wounds 
15. Advances in Isolation and Expansion of Human Cells for Clinical Applications
16. Cutaneous Applications of Stem Cells for Skin Tissue Engineering 
17. Advances in Biopharmaceutical Agents & Growth Factors for Wound healing & Scarring
18. Skin Models for Drug Development & Biopharmaceutical Industry 
19. Animal Models for Wound Healing 
20. Human Skin Bioprinting: Trajectory & Advances 
21. Translational Research of Skin Substitutes & Wound Healing Products