Developing vascularization in cardiac decellularized porcine ECM graft using bioreactor

The creation of thick cardiac tissue for scar replacement therapy following myocardial infarction (MI) has been hindered by the lack of functional and enduring vascular supply. Most cells do not survive more than a few hundred of micrometers diffusion barrier away from the blood vessel in vivo, henc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wang, Yao
Other Authors: Subbu S. Venkatraman
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/62522