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Testing the Effectiveness of Curcuma longa Leaf Extract on a Skin Equivalent Using a Pumpless Skin-on-a-Chip Model
The in vitro tests in current research employ simple culture methods that fail to mimic the real human tissue. In this study, we report drug testing with a ‘pumpless skin-on-a-chip’ that mimics the structural and functional responses of human skin. This model is a skin equivalent constituting two la...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7312991/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32486109 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21113898 |
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author | Kim, Kyunghee Jeon, Hye Mi Choi, Kyung Chan Sung, Gun Yong |
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description | The in vitro tests in current research employ simple culture methods that fail to mimic the real human tissue. In this study, we report drug testing with a ‘pumpless skin-on-a-chip’ that mimics the structural and functional responses of human skin. This model is a skin equivalent constituting two layers of the skin, dermis and epidermis, developed using human primary fibroblasts and keratinocytes. Using the gravity flow device system, the medium was rotated at an angle of 15 degrees on both sides so as to circulate through the pumpless skin-on-a-chip microfluidic channel. This pumpless skin-on-a-chip is composed of upper and lower chips, and is manufactured using porous membranes so that medium can be diffused and supplied to the skin equivalent. Drug testing was performed using Curcuma longa leaf extract (CLLE), a natural product cosmetic ingredient, to evaluate the usefulness of the chip and the efficacy of the cosmetic ingredient. It was found that the skin barrier function of the skin epidermis layer is enhanced to exhibit antiaging effects. This result indicates that the pumpless skin-on-a-chip model can be potentially used not only in the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries but also in clinical applications as an alternative to animal studies. |
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spelling | pubmed-73129912020-06-29 Testing the Effectiveness of Curcuma longa Leaf Extract on a Skin Equivalent Using a Pumpless Skin-on-a-Chip Model Kim, Kyunghee Jeon, Hye Mi Choi, Kyung Chan Sung, Gun Yong Int J Mol Sci Article The in vitro tests in current research employ simple culture methods that fail to mimic the real human tissue. In this study, we report drug testing with a ‘pumpless skin-on-a-chip’ that mimics the structural and functional responses of human skin. This model is a skin equivalent constituting two layers of the skin, dermis and epidermis, developed using human primary fibroblasts and keratinocytes. Using the gravity flow device system, the medium was rotated at an angle of 15 degrees on both sides so as to circulate through the pumpless skin-on-a-chip microfluidic channel. This pumpless skin-on-a-chip is composed of upper and lower chips, and is manufactured using porous membranes so that medium can be diffused and supplied to the skin equivalent. Drug testing was performed using Curcuma longa leaf extract (CLLE), a natural product cosmetic ingredient, to evaluate the usefulness of the chip and the efficacy of the cosmetic ingredient. It was found that the skin barrier function of the skin epidermis layer is enhanced to exhibit antiaging effects. This result indicates that the pumpless skin-on-a-chip model can be potentially used not only in the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries but also in clinical applications as an alternative to animal studies. MDPI 2020-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7312991/ /pubmed/32486109 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21113898 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kim, Kyunghee Jeon, Hye Mi Choi, Kyung Chan Sung, Gun Yong Testing the Effectiveness of Curcuma longa Leaf Extract on a Skin Equivalent Using a Pumpless Skin-on-a-Chip Model |
title | Testing the Effectiveness of Curcuma longa Leaf Extract on a Skin Equivalent Using a Pumpless Skin-on-a-Chip Model |
title_full | Testing the Effectiveness of Curcuma longa Leaf Extract on a Skin Equivalent Using a Pumpless Skin-on-a-Chip Model |
title_fullStr | Testing the Effectiveness of Curcuma longa Leaf Extract on a Skin Equivalent Using a Pumpless Skin-on-a-Chip Model |
title_full_unstemmed | Testing the Effectiveness of Curcuma longa Leaf Extract on a Skin Equivalent Using a Pumpless Skin-on-a-Chip Model |
title_short | Testing the Effectiveness of Curcuma longa Leaf Extract on a Skin Equivalent Using a Pumpless Skin-on-a-Chip Model |
title_sort | testing the effectiveness of curcuma longa leaf extract on a skin equivalent using a pumpless skin-on-a-chip model |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7312991/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32486109 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21113898 |
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