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Optimization of Human Tendon Tissue Engineering

DOI

46

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0

References

2012

Year

Shyam S. Raghavan, Colin Yi-Loong Woon, Armin Kraus, Kai Megerle, Hung Pham, James Chang
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Abstract

bFGF, IGF-1, and PDGF-BB can be used to improve cellular proliferation and repopulation of an acellularized scaffold. The use of growth factors may be an important step in the tissue engineering of human flexor tendons.