Regeneration of esophagus using a scaffold-free biomimetic structure created with bio-three-dimensional printing.

Various strategies have been attempted to replace esophageal defects with natural or artificial substitutes using tissue engineering. However, these methods have not yet reached clinical application because of the high risks related to their immunogenicity or insufficient biocompatibility. In this s...

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Main Authors: Yosuke Takeoka, Keitaro Matsumoto, Daisuke Taniguchi, Tomoshi Tsuchiya, Ryusuke Machino, Masaaki Moriyama, Shosaburo Oyama, Tomoyuki Tetsuo, Yasuaki Taura, Katsunori Takagi, Takuya Yoshida, Abdelmotagaly Elgalad, Naoto Matsuo, Masaki Kunizaki, Shuichi Tobinaga, Takashi Nonaka, Shigekazu Hidaka, Naoya Yamasaki, Koichi Nakayama, Takeshi Nagayasu
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.0211339