A bioprosthetic ovary created using 3D printed microporous scaffolds restores ovarian function in sterilized mice

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Laronda, Monica M ^a,b   Rutz, Alexandra L ^b,c   Xiao, Shuo ^a,b   Whelan, Kelly A ^a,b   Duncan, Francesca E ^a,b,d   Roth, Eric W ^b   Woodruff, Teresa K ^a,b   Shah, Ramille N ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; GELATIN; INHIBIN A; INK; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; OVARY PEPTIDE HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; BIOENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LACTATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RODENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; GYNECOLOGICAL AND OBSTETRIC PROSTHESIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTATION; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY BIOPROSTHESIS; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; POROSITY; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; ANIMAL; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BIOPROSTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVULATION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTIVE STERILIZATION;

MUS;

ANIMALS; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OOCYTES; OVARY; OVULATION; POROSITY; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 85019578855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15261     Document Type: Article

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