Biomechanical contribution of elastin on wound skin of hairless mice

摘要

Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) was carried out to understand the effect of the application of elastin on wound skin of hairless mice. Wound group, placebo group, and elastin group were selected to evaluate that effect. As the results of DMA testing, the wound and the placebo groups showed lower storage and loss moduli than the elastin group. On the result of loss tangent, there is a small difference between these groups, and the elastin group showed the lowest value. Consequently, the application of elastin on the wounded skin showed the possibility for recovery the skins.