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SUBMITTER: Liu L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8389233 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Lumei L Dharmadhikari Sayali S Pouliot Robert A RA Li Michael M MM Minneci Peter M PM Tan Zhenghong Z Shontz Kimberly K Johnson Jed J Reynolds Susan D SD Breuer Christopher K CK Weiss Daniel J DJ Chiang Tendy T
Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) 20210820 8
Synthetic scaffolds for the repair of long-segment tracheal defects are hindered by insufficient biocompatibility and poor graft epithelialization. In this study, we determined if extracellular matrix (ECM) coatings improved the biocompatibility and epithelialization of synthetic tracheal grafts (syn-TG). Porcine and human ECM substrates (pECM and hECM) were created through the decellularization and lyophilization of lung tissue. Four concentrations of pECM and hECM coatings on syn-TG were chara ...[more]