Nitta Kosaku
   Department   Other, Other
   Position  
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Peritoneal cell sheets composed of mesothelial cells and fibroblasts prevent intra-abdominal adhesion formation in a rat model.
Journal Formal name:Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
Abbreviation:J Tissue Eng Regen Med
ISSN code:(1932-7005)1932-6254(Linking)
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Publisher Wiley Online Library
Volume, Issue, Page 10(10),pp.855-866
Author and coauthor Kawanishi Kunio†, Yamato Masayuki, Sakiyama Ryouichi, Okano Teruo*, Nitta Kosaku
Authorship Last author
Publication date 2013/12
Summary Postoperative intra-abdominal adhesions remain an unsolved problem despite significant progress in the surgical procedures themselves. They often lead to small-bowel obstruction, chronic abdominal and pelvic pain, as well as female infertility. The loss of mesothelial cells and several components of the inflammatory system following injury to the peritoneum results in fibrin formation and angiogenesis. The remaining fibrin matrix and angiogenesis lead to replacement by fibroblasts and fibrous band formation. The aim of this study was to develop a new therapeutic method of preventing intra-abdominal adhesions. We fabricated transplantable peritoneal cell sheets from the rat peritoneum by cell sheet engineering using a temperature-responsive culture system. The peritoneal cell sheets developed were composed of an upper monolayer of mesothelial cells and underlying multilayered fibroblasts, similar to the peritoneum in vivo. Transplantation of peritoneal cell sheets prevented tissue adhesion, fibrin deposition and angiogenesis, and, moreover, lymphangiogenesis and macrophage infiltration in a rat caecum cauterization adhesion model. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
DOI 10.1002/term.1860
PMID 24323675