Human adult, pediatric and microtia auricular cartilage harbor fibronectin-adhering progenitor cells with regenerative ear reconstruction potential

Summary: Remaining challenges in auricular cartilage tissue engineering include acquiring sufficient amounts of regeneration-competent cells and subsequent production of high-quality neocartilage. Progenitor cells are a resident subpopulation of native cartilage, displaying a high proliferative and...

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Main Authors: Iris A. Otto, Paulina Nuñez Bernal, Margot Rikkers, Mattie H.P. van Rijen, Anneloes Mensinga, Moshe Kon, Corstiaan C. Breugem, Riccardo Levato, Jos Malda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222012512