Pig skin is structurally similar to human epidermal thickness and dermal-epidermal thickness ratios | pig skin has been shown to be the most similar to human skin |
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"Pigs as Dermatologic Models of Human Skin Disease" PDF | Marks, James G; Miller, Jeffery 2006 |
"The cutaneous uptake of atmospheric oxygen contributes significantly to the oxygen supply of human dermis and epidermis".
"Expression of Human Skin-Specific Genes Defined by Transcriptomics and Antibody-Based Profiling" | Maton, Anthea; Jean Hopkins; Charles William McLaughlin; Susan Johnson; Maryanna Quon Warner; David LaHart; Jill D |
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"The skin: an indispensable barrier" | Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology |
Biochemically pigs contain dermal collagen and elastic content that is more similar to humans than other laboratory animals.
23"Tissue-based map of the human proteome" | |
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Proksch, E; Brandner, JM; Jensen, JM 2008 | Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA: Prentice Hall |