Skin Morphology of the Clawn Miniature Pig
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- YABUKI Akira
- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Department of Veterinary Medicine
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- KAMIMURA Ryozo
- Frontier Science Research Center, Kagoshima University
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- SETOYAMA Kentaro
- Frontier Science Research Center, Kagoshima University
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- TOTTORI Junichi
- Clawn Institute, Japan Farm
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- TANIGUCHI Kazumi
- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University
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- MATSUMOTO Mitsuharu
- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Department of Veterinary Medicine
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- SUZUKI Shusaku
- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Department of Veterinary Medicine
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Description
Skin morphology of the Clawn miniature pig (CMP) was investigated at the axilla, medial thigh, back and loin. The mean thickness of the epidermis (excluding the corneal layer), the mean number of layers of keratinocytes comprising the epidermis and the mean height of keratinocytes were assessed morphometrically. When observed under a light microscope, the skin of the CMP resembled human skin. Morphometrically, skin from the back and loin of the CMP most resembles human skin. Electron microscopic observations revealed sparse but typical Birbeck granules in the epidermal Langerhans cells of the CMP. The results of the present study indicate that CMP skin is potentially useful as a model for human skin.<br>
Journal
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- Experimental Animals
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Experimental Animals 56 (5), 369-373, 2007
Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001205046709632
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- NII Article ID
- 130000068022
- 10019776720
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- NII Book ID
- AA11032321
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- ISSN
- 18817122
- 00075124
- 13411357
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- NDL BIB ID
- 8949672
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- PubMed
- 18075197
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed
