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Research ArticleTransplantation
A single localized dose of enzyme-responsive hydrogel improves long-term survival of a vascularized composite allograft
- Thusitha Gajanayake1,2,*,
- Radu Olariu1,2,*,
- Franck M. Leclère1,2,
- Ashish Dhayani3,
- Zijiang Yang4,
- Anjan K. Bongoni2,5,
- Yara Banz6,
- Mihai A. Constantinescu1,2,
- Jeffrey M. Karp4,†,
- Praveen Kumar Vemula3,†,
- Robert Rieben2,† and
- Esther Vögelin1,2
- 1Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
- 2Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
- 3Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, National Centre for Biological Sciences Campus, Bangalore 560 065, India.
- 4Division of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard-MIT Division of Heath Sciences and Technology, and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA 02139, USA.
- 5Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
- 6Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
- ↵†Corresponding author. E-mail: robert.rieben{at}dkf.unibe.ch (R.R.); praveenv{at}instem.res.in (P.K.V.); jmkarp{at}partners.org (J.M.K.)
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↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Science Translational Medicine 13 Aug 2014:
Vol. 6, Issue 249, pp. 249ra110
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3008778
Vol. 6, Issue 249, pp. 249ra110
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3008778
Thusitha Gajanayake
1Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
2Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Radu Olariu
1Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
2Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Franck M. Leclère
1Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
2Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Ashish Dhayani
3Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, National Centre for Biological Sciences Campus, Bangalore 560 065, India.
Zijiang Yang
4Division of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard-MIT Division of Heath Sciences and Technology, and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA 02139, USA.
Anjan K. Bongoni
2Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
5Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Yara Banz
6Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Mihai A. Constantinescu
1Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
2Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Jeffrey M. Karp
4Division of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard-MIT Division of Heath Sciences and Technology, and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA 02139, USA.
Praveen Kumar Vemula
3Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, National Centre for Biological Sciences Campus, Bangalore 560 065, India.
Robert Rieben
2Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Esther Vögelin
1Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
2Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
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