Comparison of decellularization protocols for preparing a decellularized porcine annulus fibrosus scaffold.

Tissue-specific extracellular matrix plays an important role in promoting tissue regeneration and repair. We hypothesized that decellularized annular fibrosus matrix may be an appropriate scaffold for annular fibrosus tissue engineering. We aimed to determine the optimal decellularization method sui...

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Main Authors: Haiwei Xu, Baoshan Xu, Qiang Yang, Xiulan Li, Xinlong Ma, Qun Xia, Yang Zhang, Chunqiu Zhang, Yaohong Wu, Yuanyuan Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3901704?pdf=render