Abstract
In tissue engineering, decellularized scaffolds have been proved to have remarkable capacity to promote regeneration in various organs such as kidney, heart, lung, and liver. Marrying the field of cryobiology and reproductive medicine resulted in considerable progress and breakthroughs, which led to the emergence of ovarian tissue cryopreservation and transplantation as a promising option for fertility preservation. Here we describe an innovative application of decellularized tissue scaffolds as a regenerative platform for reconstruction of ovarian grafts for auto-transplantation.
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K.O. is supported by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD—RO1HD053112 and R21HD061259) and National Cancer Institute (NCI).
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Taylan, E., Oktay, K. (2017). Application of Decellularized Tissue Scaffolds in Ovarian Tissue Transplantation. In: Turksen, K. (eds) Decellularized Scaffolds and Organogenesis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1577. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/7651_2017_35
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