Markers Expression
Human skin Skin substitute
  Epidermal    
Keratins 5 and 14 SB SB; SSB
Keratins 1 and 10 SSB SSB
Involucrin SP; SG SP; SG (Figure 3)
Transglutaminase SP; SG SP; SG
Loricrin SG SP; SG (Figure 3)
Filaggrin SG SP; SG
DLK SG SG
  Dermo-epidermal    
Laminin V BM BM (Figure 4)
Collagen IV BM BM; dermis
Collagen VII BM BM (Figure 4)
Dermal    
Collagen I Dermis Dermis (Figure 3)
Collagen III Dermis Dermis (Figure 3)
Fibronectin Dermis Dermis
     
SB: stratum basale; SP: stratum spinosum; SG: stratum granulosum; SC: stratum corneum; SSB: stratum suprabasale; BM: basement membrane
Table 2: Expression of epidermal, dermo-epidermal and dermal markers in human skin and in skin substitute produced with the self-assembly approach.