Development of Macroporous Chitosan Scaffolds for Eyelid Tarsus Tissue Engineering.

Michelle T SunAndrea J O'ConnorImogen MilneDhee BiswasRobert CassonJohn WoodDinesh Selva

Published in: Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (2019)

This bioengineered tissue has the potential to be used as a tarsus substitute during eyelid reconstruction, offering the opportunity to pre-seed the patient's own cells and represents a truly personalised approach to tissue engineering.

Keyphrases

tissue engineering
induced apoptosis
cell cycle arrest
drug delivery
case report
endoplasmic reticulum stress
wound healing
cell proliferation