Current status and clinical applications of tissue engineering of the gastrointestinal tract: a systematized narrative review
Liu Y., Chong L., Read M.
Narrative Review, published in Front Gastroenterol (Lausanne) (2023) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.
Evidence from laboratory and animal studies provides groundwork for understanding mechanisms and potential before human studies continue.
- Level A · Stronger Clinical Evidence
- Level B · Emerging clinical evidence with positive signals
- Level C · Early human research exploring benefits
- Level D · Scientific groundwork from lab and animal studies
- Emerging · Emerging topic under active research
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- Study type
- Narrative Review
- Journal
- Front Gastroenterol (Lausanne) (2023)
- Reported sample size
- —
- Source database
- Europe PMC
- PMID
- 41821809
- PMCID
- PMC12952423
- DOI
- 10.3389/fgstr.2023.1277094
- Citations
- 1
Abstract (original English)
Background Since the advent of regenerative medicine, tissue engineering of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) has been extensively studied in laboratory animals and humans. Various biologic scaffolds and cell sources have been trialed to repair or reconstruct different GIT defects. Achievements in this field have led to novel approaches in curing GIT diseases and circumventing the morbidity-related complications associated with current therapy. Objective This review aims to describe recent advances in GIT tissue engineering, with an emphasis on technologies with potential for clinical use. Methods A literature search was conducted in Ovid MEDLINE ® ALL for relevant studies (2000-September 2023) using the keywords "tissue-engineering", "scaffolds", "organoids", "cell-therapy", "esophagus", "stomach", "small intestine", "colon", "rectum", and "anus". Articles were included if they were in vivo animal studies or clinical studies written in English that investigated tissue engineering for treating GIT defects. Results A total of 836 articles were identified in the initial search. Following duplicate removal, abstract, and full-text screening, 48 articles were included in the final review. Many studies on esophageal defects thus far have described the success of covering partial-thickness defects with autologous cell sheets and closing full-thickness defects with decellularized scaff
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Evidence from laboratory and animal studies provides groundwork for understanding mechanisms and potential before human studies continue.
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