Culture conditions adopted from tissue engineering strategies have been used to recapitulate gland structure and function to study and regenerate the salivary glands. The purpose of this review is to highlight current trends in the field, with an emphasis on soluble factors that have been shown to...
Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications Hari Kotturi 1, Alaeddin Abuabed 2, Haris Zafar 1, Elaine Sawyer 1, Bipin Pallipparambil 2, Harsha Jamadagni 2 and Morshed Khandaker 2,* ID 1 Department of Biology, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK 73034, USA; HKotturi@uco.edu (H...
The 3D sandwich culture of hepatocytes between the top and bottom layers maintained their functional state over a period of 14 days. Such cultures were even faster than collagen sandwich cultures in the rate of tissue formation [198]. Qui et al. modified PCL scaffold with galactosylated chitosan...