This doctoral thesis focuses on the approaches currently in use to develop new vital valve devices: heart valve tissue engineering and heart valve tissue guided regeneration. Indeed, it investigates some aspects able to modify the preservation of the implanted construct, i.e. the immunogenic properties of the extracellular matrix and the biological entity of stem cell populations in heart valve leaflets. The porcine semilunar valves, as the bovine pericardial derived ones, find large clinical usage for the substitution of dysfunctional valves. The rational of their employ is the high morphological and functional analogies with the native human ones and hence they can provide a valid extracellular matrix (ECM) for bioengineered prosthesis. ...
Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that have the capability to differentiate into specialized cel...
Mitochondria are essential organelles not only in the life of the cell, but also during death. Indee...
Abstract Introduction The demand for organ transplantation has rapidly increased during the pa...
Tendon injuries are often associated with skeletal muscle lesions that can originate from a variety ...
BACKGROUND: In the western world the prevalence of valvular heart diseases in general population acc...
Stem cells are primitive undifferentiated cells with unlimited proliferative capacity and defined di...
Background. Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a major cause of morbidity and death in neonates. No ...
Introduction Epithelial homeostasis is guaranted by somatic stem cells wich, through different patw...
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is characterized by mutations in the dystrophin gene, which lead t...
BACKGROUND Research efforts are been directed in the last few years on tissue- engineering and the...
This paper aims to highlight the massive potential of the use of biotechnology in translational medi...
The lack of adequate sterilisation procedures represents one of the main hindrance for clinical adop...
Focal chondral defects impair considerably patients’ quality of life and may predispose for osteoart...
INTRODUCTION Transplantation is the only effective treatment for several end-stage lung diseases. R...
All multicellular organisms originate from a small set of totipotent embryonic stem cells that diffe...
Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that have the capability to differentiate into specialized cel...
Mitochondria are essential organelles not only in the life of the cell, but also during death. Indee...
Abstract Introduction The demand for organ transplantation has rapidly increased during the pa...
Tendon injuries are often associated with skeletal muscle lesions that can originate from a variety ...
BACKGROUND: In the western world the prevalence of valvular heart diseases in general population acc...
Stem cells are primitive undifferentiated cells with unlimited proliferative capacity and defined di...
Background. Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a major cause of morbidity and death in neonates. No ...
Introduction Epithelial homeostasis is guaranted by somatic stem cells wich, through different patw...
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is characterized by mutations in the dystrophin gene, which lead t...
BACKGROUND Research efforts are been directed in the last few years on tissue- engineering and the...
This paper aims to highlight the massive potential of the use of biotechnology in translational medi...
The lack of adequate sterilisation procedures represents one of the main hindrance for clinical adop...
Focal chondral defects impair considerably patients’ quality of life and may predispose for osteoart...
INTRODUCTION Transplantation is the only effective treatment for several end-stage lung diseases. R...
All multicellular organisms originate from a small set of totipotent embryonic stem cells that diffe...
Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that have the capability to differentiate into specialized cel...
Mitochondria are essential organelles not only in the life of the cell, but also during death. Indee...
Abstract Introduction The demand for organ transplantation has rapidly increased during the pa...