Results (1)Cell quantity and morphology: there was no significant difference in the morphology of epidermal cells within each group over time. The size of cells in each group were relatively uniform, spherical or eye-shaped, and the number of cells gradually was increasing. The number of cells in 0 s group was less than that of the other 5 groups and more unattached cells were found in the 0 s group than in the other groups. (2)Cell adhesion: 24 hours after human primary epidermal cells were inoculated, the absorbance value of epidermal cells in the 10 s group, 1 min group, 5 min group, 15 min group, 30 min group and 0 s group was 0.28±0.07, 0.30±0.05, 0.33±0.06, 0.34±0.07, 0.36±0.05, and 0.16±0.02. The difference in absorbance among the 6 groups was statistically significant (F=4.640, P=0.014). There were no significant differences between any 2 of 5 groups (the 10 s group, the 1 min group, the 5 min group, the 15 min group and the 30 min group) (with P values above 0.05). The 0 s group was compared with the 10 s group, the 1 min group, the 5 min group, the 15 min group, the 30 min group respectively, and the difference were statistically significant (t=2.640, 3.059, 3.584, 3.889, 4.187; P=0.021, 0.010, 0.004, 0.002, 0.001). (3) Cell proliferation: the human primary epidermal cells proliferation curve showed that the proliferation of cells in each collagen-coated group was similar, which was significantly higher than that of cells in the 0 s group. Two days after human primary epidermal cells were inoculated, the absorbance value of epidermal cells in the 10 s group, the 1 min group, the 5 min group, the 15 min group, the 30 min group and the 0 s group was 0.41±0.05, 0.41±0.02, 0.46±0.06, 0.49±0.08, 0.53±0.12 and 0.09±0.04. The difference in absorbance among the 6 groups was statistically significant (F=16.050, P<0.05). There were no significant differences between any 2 of 5 groups (the 10 s group, the 1 min group, the 5 min group, the 15 min group and the 30 min group) (with P values above 0.05). The 0 s group was compared with the 10 s group, the 1 min group, the 5 min group, the 15 min group, the 30 min group respectively, and the differences were statistically significant (t=0.323, 0.323, 0.374, 0.401, 0.44; with P values below 0.05). Four days after human primary epidermal cells were inoculated, the difference in absorbance among the 6 groups was statistically significant (F=9.816, P=0.001). There were no statistical differences among the 10 s group, the 1 min group, the 5 min group, the 15 min group and the 30 min group (with P values above 0.05). The 0 s group was compared with the 10 s group, the 1 min group, the 5 min group, the 15 min group, the 30 min group respectively, and the difference were statistically significant (with P values below 0.05). Six days after primary human epidermal cells were inoculated, the absorbance value of epidermal cells in the 10 s group, the 1 min group, the 5 min group, the 15 min group, the 30 min group and the 0 s group was 2.76±0.20, 3.03±0.17, 3.03±0.16, 3.18±0.17, 3.33±0.26 and 0.53±0.25. (4) Cell migration: 12 hours after scratching, the cell migration rates of the 10 s group, the 1 min group, the 5 min group, the 15 min group, the 30 min group and the 0 s group were (15.60±4.11)%, (18.26±6.79)%, (18.09±6.97)%, (18.00±4.70)%, (17.40±5.97)%, (4.05±1.71)% respectively. Twenty-four hours after scratching the cell migration rates of the 10 s group, the 1 min group, the 5 min group, the 15 min group, the 30 min group and the 0 s group were (36.33±5.63)%, (38.45±11.97)%, (42.36±14.40)%, (41.96±10.78)%, (44.04±12.28)%, (9.17±3.28)%. Thirty-six hours after scratching the cell migration rates of the 10 s group, the 1 min group, the 5 min group, the 15 min group, the 30 min group and the 0 s group were (73.71±17.90)%, (62.33±12.45)%, (69.79±20.82)%, (81.89±18.05)%, (73.49±22.89)%, (11.62±2.64)%. Overall comparison among groups showed statistically significicant difference (F=9.914, P<0.05). Further comparison between the groups showed that there were no statistical differences between the 10 s group, the 1 min group, the 5 min group, the 15 min group and the 30 min group (with P values above 0.05). The 0 s group was compared with the 10 s group, the 1 min group, the 5 min group, the 15 min group, the 30 min group respectively, and the differences were statistically significant (with P values below 0.05). (5) Cell cycle: the results of cell cycle test showed that 5 days after human primary epidermal cells were inoculated , there were no significant differences of the cell proportions of G1, G2 and S phase in cell cycle among the 6 groups (with P values above 0.05).