Tissue engineering bone using autologous progenitor cells in the peritoneum.

Despite intensive research efforts, there remains a need for novel methods to improve the ossification of scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Based on a common phenomenon and known pathological conditions of peritoneal membrane ossification following peritoneal dialysis, we have explored the poss...

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Main Authors: Jinhui Shen, Ashwin Nair, Ramesh Saxena, Cheng Cheng Zhang, Joseph Borrelli, Liping Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3969359?pdf=render