Open AccessUSE OF EMBRYONIC HUMAN TRACHEA GROWN IN NUDE MICE TO PATCH-REPAIR CONGENITAL TRACHEAL STENOSIS1
Author(s) -
Paolo Macchiarini,
Jean-Jacques Candelier,
Philippe Coullin,
Nadia Guerra,
Vincent de Montpréville,
Philippe Dartevelle,
Karine Duprez-angio ̇i,
Rafaël Oriol
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-200012150-00004
Subject(s) - tracheal stenosis , pathology , transplantation , embryonic stem cell , immunosuppression , nude mouse , regeneration (biology) , anatomy , in situ hybridization , biology , stenosis , medicine , surgery , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , cancer , gene , biochemistry , gene expression
Long congenital tracheal stenosis is a life-threatening condition, and the available surgical treatments do not give satisfactory long-term results.