Establishment of a pulmonary epithelial barrier on biodegradable poly-L-lactic-acid membranes.

Development of biocompatible and functional scaffolds for tissue engineering is a major challenge, especially for development of polarised epithelia that are critical structures in tissue homeostasis. Different in vitro models of the lung epithelial barrier have been characterized using non-degradab...

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Main Authors: Salvatore Montesanto, Natalie P Smithers, Fabio Bucchieri, Valerio Brucato, Vincenzo La Carrubba, Donna E Davies, Franco Conforti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210830