Epithelial Differentiation of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells for Laryngeal Tissue Engineering
Epithelial Differentiation of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells for Laryngeal Tissue Engineering
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DOI:
10.1002/lary.20719
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发表时间:
2010-01-01
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影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
Chhetri, Dinesh K.
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作者:
Long, Jennifer L.;Zuk, Patricia;Chhetri, Dinesh K.
Objectives/Hypothesis: One potential treatment option for. severe Vocal fold scarring is to replace the vocal fold cover layer with a tissue-engineered structure containing autologous cells. As a first step toward that goal, we sought to develop a three-dimensional cell-populated matrix resembling the vocal fold layers of lamina propria and epithelium.Study Design: Basic science investigation.Methods: Adipose-derived stem cells were cultured in fibrin hydrogels' with various, growth factors. At the end of the culture period, matrices were sectioned and labeled with immunomarkers to identify cell phenotype.Results: Adipose-derived stem cells survived, attached, and populated three-dimensional fibrin matrices. Under select conditions, a superficial layer of cells expressing, epithelial marker proteins overlay a deeper mesenchymal cell layer.Conclusions: A three-dimensional structure of fibrin and adipose-derived stem cells was created as a prototype vocal fold replacement. Two segregated cell phenotypes occurred, producing a bilayered structure resembling epithelium over lamina propria. This preliminary work demonstrates, I the feasibility of tissue engineering to produce structures for vocal fold replacement.