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In Vitro Regeneration of Patient-specific Ear-shaped Cartilage and Its First Clinical Application for Auricular Reconstruction

Microtia is a congenital external ear malformation that can seriously influence the psychological and physiological well-being of affected children. The successful regeneration of human ear-shaped cartilage using a tissue engineering approach in a nude mouse represents a promising approach for auric...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Guangdong, Jiang, Haiyue, Yin, Zongqi, Liu, Yu, Zhang, Qingguo, Zhang, Chen, Pan, Bo, Zhou, Jiayu, Zhou, Xu, Sun, Hengyun, Li, Dan, He, Aijuan, Zhang, Zhiyong, Zhang, Wenjie, Liu, Wei, Cao, Yilin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5835555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29396297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.01.011
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Sumario:Microtia is a congenital external ear malformation that can seriously influence the psychological and physiological well-being of affected children. The successful regeneration of human ear-shaped cartilage using a tissue engineering approach in a nude mouse represents a promising approach for auricular reconstruction. However, owing to technical issues in cell source, shape control, mechanical strength, biosafety, and long-term stability of the regenerated cartilage, human tissue engineered ear-shaped cartilage is yet to be applied clinically. Using expanded microtia chondrocytes, compound biodegradable scaffold, and in vitro culture technique, we engineered patient-specific ear-shaped cartilage in vitro. Moreover, the cartilage was used for auricle reconstruction of five microtia patients and achieved satisfactory aesthetical outcome with mature cartilage formation during 2.5 years follow-up in the first conducted case. Different surgical procedures were also employed to find the optimal approach for handling tissue engineered grafts. In conclusion, the results represent a significant breakthrough in clinical translation of tissue engineered human ear-shaped cartilage given the established in vitro engineering technique and suitable surgical procedure. This study was registered in Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR-ICN-14005469).