Mechanical Stretch on Human Skin Equivalents Increases the Epidermal Thickness and Develops the Basement Membrane

• Eijiro Tokuyama ,

  * E-mail: tokuyamaeijiro@gmail.com

  Affiliation The Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan

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• Yusuke Nagai,

  Affiliation Menicon Co., Ltd., Aichi, Japan

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• Ken Takahashi,

  Affiliation The Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

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• Yoshihiro Kimata,

  Affiliation The Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan

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• Keiji Naruse

  Affiliation The Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

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