Cellular basis of tissue regeneration by omentum.

Cellular basis of tissue regeneration by omentum.

The omentum is a sheet-like tissue attached to the greater curvature of the stomach and contains secondary lymphoid organs called milky spots. The omentum has been used for its healing potential for over 100 years by transposing the omental pedicle to injured organs (omental transposition), but the...

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Main Authors: Shivanee Shah, Erin Lowery, Rudolf K Braun, Alicia Martin, Nick Huang, Melissa Medina, Periannan Sethupathi, Yoichi Seki, Mariko Takami, Kathryn Byrne, Christopher Wigfield, Robert B Love, Makio Iwashima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3368844?pdf=render

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