NATIVE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX: A NEW SCAFFOLDING PLATFORM FOR REPAIR OF DAMAGED MUSCLE

Effective clinical treatments for volumetric muscle loss resulting from traumatic injury or resection of a large amount of muscle mass are not available to date. Tissue engineering may represent an alternative treatment approach. Decellularization of tissues and whole organs is a recently introduced...

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Main Authors: Laura eTeodori, Alessandra eCosta, Rosa eMarzio, Barbara ePerniconi, Dario eColetti, Sergio eAdamo, Bhuvanesh eGupta, Attila eTarnok
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2014.00218/full