Engineering pedicled vascularized bladder tissue for functional bladder defect repair

• Main Authors: Mingming Yu (Author), Jiasheng Chen (Author), Lin Wang (Author), Yichen Huang (Author), Hua Xie (Author), Yu Bian (Author), Fang Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract An engineered bladder construct that mimics the structural and functional characteristics of native bladder is a promising therapeutic option for bladder substitution. We previously showed that pedicled vascularized smooth muscle tissue fabricated by grafting smooth muscle cell (SMC) sheets...