Progress in developing decellularized bioscaffolds for enhancing skin construction

H Cui, Y Chai, Y Yu - … of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The skin is the largest organ in the human body, and skin defects are very common. Skin
flap transplantation is the best treatment for serious wound defects, and donor site tissues …

Regenerative medicine approaches in bioengineering female reproductive tissues

S Sittadjody, T Criswell, JD Jackson, A Atala… - Reproductive …, 2021 - Springer
Diseases, disorders, and dysfunctions of the female reproductive tract tissues can result in
either infertility and/or hormonal imbalance. Current treatment options are limited and often …

Evaluation of small intestine grafts decellularization methods for corneal tissue engineering

AC Oliveira, I Garzón, AM Ionescu, V Carriel… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Advances in the development of cornea substitutes by tissue engineering techniques have
focused on the use of decellularized tissue scaffolds. In this work, we evaluated different …

Bioengineering strategies to treat female infertility

CY Kuo, H Baker, MH Fries, JJ Yoo… - … Engineering Part B …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Bioengineering strategies have demonstrated enormous potential to treat female infertility as
a result of chemotherapy, uterine injuries, fallopian tube occlusion, massive intrauterine …

Tissue engineering neovagina for vaginoplasty in Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser syndrome and gender dysphoria patients: a systematic review

J Sueters, FA Groenman, MB Bouman… - … Engineering Part B …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Background: Vaginoplasty is a surgical solution to multiple disorders, including Mayer–
Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser syndrome and male-to-female gender dysphoria. Using …

A sterilization method for human decellularized vaginal matrices

J Sueters, L de Boer, F Groenman, JAF Huirne… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Vaginal reconstruction is necessary for various congenital and acquired conditions,
including vaginal aplasia, trauma, tumors, and gender incongruency. Current surgical and …

[HTML][HTML] Umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in vaginal replacement in vitro and in a rat model

Y Zhang, Z Zhu, K Hua, L Yao, Y Liu… - American Journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cell transplantation strategies represent a potential therapeutic approach towards repair of
congenital vaginal agenesis. In this study, the efficacy and mechanisms of action of …

[HTML][HTML] Development of decellularization protocol for caprine small intestine submucosa as a biomaterial

H Singh, SD Purohit, R Bhaskar, I Yadav… - Biomaterials and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Decellularized animal tissues have been proven to be promising biomaterials for various
tissue engineering (TE) applications. Among various animal tissues, small intestine …

Vagina reconstruction by decellularization of healthy human vaginal tissue

J Sueters, F Xiao, J Roovers, MB Bouman… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
When a healthy, full-size vagina is absent due to a disorder, various neovagina creation
methods are available. Sometimes dilation or stretching of the vagina cavity is sufficient, but …

Tissue engineering for female reproductive organs

RS Magalhaes, JK Williams, A Atala - Principles of Tissue Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine have important implications for women with
acquired or congenital disorders of reproductive organs. The field of reproductive medicine …