Synthesis of tissues and organs.
Synthesis of tissues and organs.
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组织和器官的合成。
DOI:
10.1002/cbic.200300682
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发表时间:
2004
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Yannas,IoannisV
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Yannas,IoannisV
Symbolism that describes the synthetic processes for chemical compounds has been used to describe, in qualitative terms, the synthesis of tissues and organs at the correct anatomical site. The synthetic process is summarized in the reaction diagram, a shorthand representation of the reactants, reactor, and products. Analysis of a large number of independent protocols has led to identification of the simplest synthetic pathways for two organs that have been studied extensively: skin and peripheral nerves. These apparently irreducible reaction diagrams for the two organs are not only simple but surprisingly similar, a fact suggesting the existence of general rules for the synthesis of other organs as well. The only two reactants that are required are an active scaffold (a macromolecular network synthesized as a highly porous analogue of the extracellular matrix) and a seeding of epithelial cells of the organ being synthesized. Scaffolds possessed biological (regenerative) activity provided that they were capable of blocking the contraction process that leads to closure of the injured site. Such activity requires that the density of ligands for binding of contractile cells on the scaffold maintains a sufficiently high level over the period of synthesis.