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  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Stem Cell Biology

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  • Traditional plastic surgery relies on autologous tissue grafts, limited by donor site availability.
  • Human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) can differentiate into various cell types, offering a potential solution for tissue regeneration.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the applications of hiPSCs in plastic surgery.
  • To highlight recent advancements and persistent limitations in hiPSC-based regenerative strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review focusing on studies utilizing hiPSCs and non-human iPSCs.
  • Analysis of research in skin, nerve, vasculature, muscle, cartilage, and bone regeneration.
  • Examination of hiPSCs for disease modeling in plastic surgery-relevant conditions.

Main Results:

  • hiPSCs show potential for regenerating skin, nerves, vasculature, muscle, cartilage, and bone.
  • Applications include autologous grafts, tissue flaps, and complex structure reconstruction (face, limbs).
  • hiPSCs can model diseases like skin cancer, epidermolysis bullosa, and scleroderma.

Conclusions:

  • hiPSCs present a future for advanced tissue regeneration and disease modeling in plastic surgery.
  • Significant limitations including tumorigenicity, immunogenicity, and practical feasibility persist.
  • Further research into somatic origin, induction methods, and epigenetic memory manipulation is crucial.