Pig skin is structurally similar to human epidermal thickness and dermal-epidermal thickness ratios | "Tissue-based map of the human proteome" |
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"Expression of Human Skin-Specific Genes Defined by Transcriptomics and Antibody-Based Profiling" | Pig skin is anatomically, physiologically, biochemically and immunologically similar to human skin• Finally pigs have similar physical and molecular responses to various growth factors |
Lookingbill and Marks' Principles of Dermatology | Skin Digitally printed version ed |
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pig skin has been shown to be the most similar to human skin | "Comparison of Human, Porcine and Rodent Wound Healing With New Miniature Swine Study Data" PDF |
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
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