Enhancing Skin Grafts with Primed Gingival Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

Injuries of the largest anatomical organ, the skin, resulting from trauma, burns, or inflammatory disorders can lead to devastating health effects. Modern approaches to re-establishing critical barrier functions have evolved from simple biomaterial dressings to sophisticated skin grafts. A report by Magne et al. (2019) describes the exciting use of IL-1β–pretreated gingival mesenchymal stem cells to enhance skin graft functions.