Esophageal tissue engineering: A new approach for esophageal replacement

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 47, 2012, Pages 6900-6907

  Totonelli, Giorgia ^a   Maghsoudlou, Panagiotis ^a   Fishman, Jonathan M ^a,b   Orlando, Giuseppe ^c   Ansari, Tahera ^d   Sibbons, Paul ^d   Birchall, Martin A ^b,d   Pierro, Agostino ^a   Eaton, Simon ^a   De Coppi, Paolo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORTHWICK PARK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Regenerative medicine; Scaffolds; Tissue engineering; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; POLYGLACTIN; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL MIGRATION; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MUSCLE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; STEM CELL; STENOSIS; STENT; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 84873923738     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6900     Document Type: Article

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