Tissue Engineering

New tissue engineering data have been reported by researchers at Muenster University

Published in Blood Weekly, January 10th, 2008

According to a study from Munster, Germany, "Different cell types play a role in the liver regeneration. The present study reveals morphological key steps of liver regeneration by correlating intravital, light, and electron microscopic with immunohistochemistry results focusing on hepatic stellate cells (HSCs)."

"In Lewis rats, liver regeneration was induced by a 2/3-hepatectomy. Animals (n=7 each) were killed after 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 14 days. Morphological features were investigated by light microscopy, immunohistochemistry [alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA), Desmin, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)/VEGF receptor, Ki-67, ssDNA], intravital microscopy...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2008-01-10)

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