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- Title
Cell Sheet-Based Vascularized Myocardial Tissue Fabrication.
- Authors
Komae, Hyoe; Ono, Minoru; Shimizu, Tatsuya
- Abstract
Background: The development of regenerative medicine in recent years has been remarkable as tissue engineering technology and stem cell research have advanced. The ultimate goal of regenerative medicine is to fabricate human organs artificially. If fabricated organs can be transplanted medically, it will be the innovative treatment of diseases for which only donor organ transplantation is the definitive therapeutic method at present. Summary: Our group has reported successful fabrication of thick functional myocardial tissue in vivo and in vitro by using cell sheet engineering technology which requires no scaffolds. Thick myocardial tissue can be fabricated by stacking cardiomyocyte sheets on the vascular bed every 24 h, so that a vascular network can be formed within the myocardial graft. We call this procedure a multi-step transplantation procedure. After human-induced pluripotent stem cells were discovered and human cardiomyocytes became available, a thick, macroscopically pulsate human myocardial tissue was successfully constructed by using a multi-step transplantation procedure. Furthermore, our group succeeded in fabricating functional human myocardial tissue which can generate pressure. Here, we present our way of fabricating human myocardial tissue by means of cell sheet engineering technology. Key Messages: Our group succeeded in fabricating thick, functional human myocardium which can generate pulse pressure. However, there are still a few problems to be solved until clinically functional human cardiac tissue or a whole heart can be fabricated. Research on myocardial regeneration progresses at such a pace that we believe the products of this research will save many lives in the near future.
- Subjects
REGENERATIVE medicine; STEM cell research; TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.
- Publication
European Surgical Research, 2018, Vol 59, Issue 3/4, p276
- ISSN
0014-312X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000492416