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Extracellular Matrix-Derived Modular Bioscaffolds For Soft Connective Tissue Regeneration, Pascal Morissette Martin
Extracellular Matrix-Derived Modular Bioscaffolds For Soft Connective Tissue Regeneration, Pascal Morissette Martin
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Human decellularized adipose tissue (DAT) represents a promising extracellular matrix (ECM) source for the development of biomaterials, with its properties conductive of angiogenesis, adipogenesis, and scaffold remodelling. This thesis sought to provide new fundamental insight into the design of ECM-derived bioscaffolds by developing novel modular biomaterials for soft connective tissue regeneration and by studying the effects of ECM composition on cell function and fate.
Initial studies explored the effects of ECM composition of pre-assembled bead foams derived from DAT or commercially-sourced bovine collagen (COL) on human wound edge dermal fibroblasts (weDFs) sourced from chronic wounds. In vitro testing under conditions …