Nitta Kosaku
   Department   Other, Other
   Position  
Article types Review article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Cell sheet-based tissue engineering for mesothelial cell injury.
Journal Formal name:Contributions to nephrology
Abbreviation:Contrib Nephrol
ISSN code:1662-2782(Electronic)0302-5144(Linking)
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 185,pp.66-75
Author and coauthor Kawanishi Kunio†, Nitta Kosaku
Authorship Last author
Publication date 2015/07
Summary Mesothelial cells are an integral part of the peritoneum and play an important role in maintaining its structure and functions. A number of studies have been performed to evaluate the ability of mesothelial cells to regenerate and transdifferentiate. Mesothelial cells are also involved in repairing the damage to the peritoneum as a result of surgery or peritonitis. Previous cell sheet engineering research has made it possible to transplant cells that retain their function, and stacking different types of cells in cell sheet layers has also become possible. Mesothelial cell transplantation as a means of achieving peritoneal regeneration needs to be performed under conditions in which the surface area of the visceral peritoneum is large and the area of mesothelial cell damage is small. In this chapter, we explain cell sheet engineering as a technology for transplanting cells in which a variety of intercellular adhesion and cell membrane molecules remain intact and the application of this technology to peritoneal regeneration.
DOI 10.1159/000380971
Document No. 26023016