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ArticleJournal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine2018

Bilayer silk fibroin grafts support functional oesophageal repair in a rodent model of caustic injury.

Khalid Algarrahi, Debra Franck, Alyssa Savarino, Vivian Cristofaro, Xuehui Yang, Saif Affas, Frank-Mattias Schäfer, Maryrose P Sullivan, Carlos R Estrada, Joshua R Mauney

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Article in Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Khalid AlgarrahiUrological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Debra FranckUrological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Alyssa SavarinoUrological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Vivian CristofaroDepartment of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Xuehui YangUrological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Saif AffasUrological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Frank-Mattias SchäferUrological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Maryrose P SullivanDepartment of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Carlos R EstradaUrological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Joshua R MauneyUrological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3186-3664
Boston Children's Hospital · USBoston Medical Center · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

Translational Bioreactors - Engineering Complex TissuesP41EB002520 · NIBIB · TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD · PI KAPLAN, DAVID L. · 2004 to 2018
$16.7M
Development of Silk Fibroin Grafts for Reconstruction of Esophageal DefectsR01DK107568 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI ESTRADA, CARLOS R, MAUNEY, JOSHUA ROBERT · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
Effect of Type II Diabetes on Bladder FunctionI01BX001790 · VA · VA BOSTON HEALTH CARE SYSTEM · PI MARYROSE P SULLIVAN · 2013 to 2026
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BLRD VA I01 BX001790NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB002520NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK107568
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Surgical repair of caustic oesophageal injuries with autologous gastrointestinal segments is often associated with dysmotility, dysphagia and donor site morbidity, and therefore alternative graft options are needed. Bilayer silk fibroin (BLSF) scaffolds were assessed for their ability to support functional restoration of damaged oesophageal tissues in a rat model of onlay oesophagoplasty. Transient exposure of isolated oesophageal segments with 40% NaOH led to corrosive oesophagitis and a 91% reduction in the luminal cross-sectional area of damaged sites. Oesophageal repair with BLSF matrices was performed in injured rats (n = 27) as well as a nondiseased cohort (n = 12) for up to 2 months after implantation. Both implant groups exhibited >80% survival rates, displayed similar degrees of weight gain, and were capable of solid food consumption following a 3-day liquid diet. End-point μ-computed tomography of repaired sites demonstrated a 4.5-fold increase in luminal cross-sectional area over baseline injury levels. Reconstructed oesophageal conduits from damaged and nondiseased animals produced comparable contractile responses to KCl and electric field stimulation while isoproterenol generated similar tissue relaxation responses. Histological and immunohistochemical evaluations of neotissues from both implant groups showed formation of a stratified, squamous epithelium with robust cytokeratin expression as well as skeletal and smooth muscle layers positive for contractile protein expression. In addition, synaptophysin positive neuronal junctions and vessels lined with CD31 positive endothelial cells were also observed at graft sites in each setting. These results provide preclinical validation for the use of BLSF scaffolds in reconstructive strategies for oesophageal repair following caustic injury.

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AnimalsCausticsDisease Models, AnimalEsophagusFemaleFibroinsRats, Sprague-DawleyTissue ScaffoldsWound HealingCausticsFibroins

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PMID28371514
PMCPMC5623158
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