Ex situ bioengineering of bioartificial endocrine glands: A new frontier in regenerative medicine of soft tissue organs

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 381-394

  Toni, Roberto ^a,b   Tampieri, Anna ^c   Zini, Nicoletta ^d   Strusi, Valentina ^a   Sandri, Monica ^c   Dallatana, Davide ^a   Spaletta, Giulia ^e   Bassoli, Elena ^f   Gatto, Andrea ^f   Ferrari, Andrea ^d   Martin, Ivan ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CERAMICS   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioartificial organs; Bioreactors; Endocrinology; Regenerative medicine; Stem cells; Tissue scaffolds

Indexed keywords

BIOARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; ENDOCRINE GLAND; GEOMETRY; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SHORT SURVEY; SOFT TISSUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYROID GLAND SLICE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOENGINEERING; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; HUMANS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 80052539007     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: 16180402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2011.06.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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