The Mesentery as a Laminated Vascular Bed for Hepatocyte Transplantation

The small bowel mesentery provides a unique structure of a large vascularized surface area to support hepatocyte transplantation. Cell-seeded polymeric matrices can be juxtaposed in a relatively atraumatic manner between leaves of mesentery such that adequate exchange of nutrients and diffusion of g...

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Main Authors: Lynt B. Johnson M.D., John Aiken, David Mooney, Betsy L. Schloo, Linda Griffith-Cima, Robert Langer, Joseph P. Vacanti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 1994-07-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/096368979400300403