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JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
Volume 11, Issue 4, Pages 966-976Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/term.1996
Keywords
tissue engineering; human mesenchymal stem cells; bilayered scaffold; polymer; bile duct injury
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- National Basic Research Programme of China [2012CB967902]
- Scientific Research from the Scientific Fund of Zhejiang [2009C13020]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA04020202-23]
- Opening Foundation of the State Key Laboratory of Space Medicine Fundamentals and Application [SMFA12K02]
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The current clinical treatments for complications caused by hepatobiliary surgery still have some inevitable weakness. The aim of the study was to fabricate a tissue-engineered bile duct that utilized a novel bilayered polymer scaffold combined with human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) for new treatment of biliary disease. The biocompatibility of polycaprolactone (PCL) (PCL)/poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) scaffold with hMSCs was first examined, and the hMSC-PCL/PLGA constructs (MPPCs) prepared. The MPPCs and blank scaffolds were then transplanted into 18 pigs for evaluation its efficacy on bile duct repairing, respectively. In vitro, the PCL/PLGA scaffold was verified to support the adhesion, proliferation and matrix deposition of hMSCs. There was no sign of bile duct narrowing and cholestasis in all experimental animals. At 6 months, the MPPCs had a superior repairing effect on the bile duct injury, compared with the blank PCL/PLGA scaffolds. Therefore, the implanted scaffolds could not only support the biliary tract and allow free bile flow but also had direct or indirect positive effects on repair of injured bile duct. Copyright (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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