Investigation of inflammatory response of decellularized porcine aortic tissue in mice: can we rely on this experimental setting?

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Mar;47(3):e90-1. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu487. Epub 2014 Dec 27.

Authors

Tobias Goecke¹, Andres Hilfiker¹, Axel Haverich¹, Serghei Cebotari²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
² Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany cebotari.serghei@mh-hannover.de.

PMID: 25543173
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu487

No abstract available

Keywords: Cellular reseeding; Decellularization; Heart valve tissue engineering; Inflammatory immune response; Macrophages; Xenograft rejection.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Aorta / metabolism*
Aortic Valve / metabolism*
Bioprosthesis*
Calcinosis / pathology*
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
High-Energy Shock Waves / therapeutic use*
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