Abstract:
Disclosed is an ex-vivo model of inflamed skin, an in-vitro method for obtaining the same and uses thereof for screening anti-inflammatory compounds. The method includes injecting, into the dermis of a healthy skin biopsy previously taken from a mammal, a composition including an effective amount for activating dermal resident T cells of an anti-CD3 antibody and an anti-CD28 antibody; and b) incubating the injected skin biopsy obtained in step a) in the presence of a composition including an effective amount, for obtaining the polarization of the T cells activated in step a) into LTh1 and/or LTh17 and the synthesis of inflammation markers, of at least one mixture of IL-1β, IL-23, and TGF-β.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an in vitro method intended to determine the vaccine potential of a composition comprising the steps of: ia) transcutaneous administration of the composition to a skin explant, comprising the epidermis, dermis and skin appendages as well as a thickness of at least 5 millimeters of hypodermis; ib) determination of the activation status of antigen-presenting cells within the skin explant; and ii) determination of the vaccine potential of the composition.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an in vitro method for modelling subcutaneous injection comprising the steps of i) mounting, in a cell culture insert, a skin explant comprising a thickness of at least 5 mm of a hypodermis so as to trap the immersed portion of the skin explant with only the epidermis in contact with air, the bottom of which cell insert consisting of a porous membrane, ii) placing the insert in a container or a culture well iii) culturing the skin explant in a medium, and injecting a composition in the hypodermis of the skin explant.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an ex-vivo model of inflamed skin, an in-vitro method for obtaining the same and uses thereof for screening anti-inflammatory compounds.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a microfluidic device implanted in an ex-vivo skin explant to control perfusion, diffusion and collection of molecules over long periods. Also disclosed is a method for assessing permeation or infusion of a biomarker of interest through the skin and to a method for detecting and/or quantifying a biomarker of interest contained in the liquid secreted by the ex-vivo skin explant.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an ex vivo model for subcutaneous injection and aims at providing an in vitro method including the steps of i) immersing a skin explant in a solidifiable liquid matrix such that the upper face of the epidermis is not covered, which matrix is itself contained in a cell culture insert, the bottom of which consists of a porous membrane, and (ii) solidifying this matrix so as to trap the immersed portion of this skin explant, wherein the upper face of the epidermis is not covered, and adhering this same matrix to the side walls and the porous membrane of the insert, wherein the skin explant includes a thickness of at least 5 mm of hypodermis.
Abstract:
This relates to an in vitro method intended to determine the inflammatory potential of a substance including the steps of: ia) administration to a skin explant, topically or by subcutaneous injection, of a composition including the substance; where the skin explant includes the epidermis, the dermis and the skin appendages, as well as a thickness of at least 5 millimeters of hypodermis; ib) determination of the inflammatory response within the skin explant; ic) determination of the level of mast cell degranulation within the skin explant; and ii) determination of the inflammatory potential of the substance and its association or not with an allergic or pseudoallergic potential.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an ex-vivo model of inflamed skin, an in-vitro method for obtaining the same and uses thereof for screening anti-inflammatory compounds. The method includes injecting, into the dermis of a healthy skin biopsy previously taken from a mammal, a composition including an effective amount for activating dermal resident T cells of an anti-CD3 antibody and an anti-CD28 antibody; and b) incubating the injected skin biopsy obtained in step a) in the presence of a composition including an effective amount, for obtaining the polarization of the T cells activated in step a) into LTh1 and/or LTh17 and the synthesis of inflammation markers, of at least one mixture of IL-1β, IL-23, and TGF-β.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an in vitro or ex vivo method for preserving and/or keeping alive mammalian, preferably human skin biopsies, enabling to transport it and, if applicable, to culture it. Also disclosed is a skin biopsy thus preserved and obtained by such a method and relates to its use as a model especially in a kit for screening or selecting cosmetic or therapeutic compounds.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an in vitro or ex vivo method for preserving and/or keeping alive mammalian, preferably human skin biopsies, enabling to transport it and, if applicable, to culture it. Also disclosed is a skin biopsy thus preserved and obtained by such a method and relates to its use as a model especially in a kit for screening or selecting cosmetic or therapeutic compounds.