Acellular Bi-Layer Silk Fibroin Scaffolds Support Tissue Regeneration in a Rabbit Model of Onlay Urethroplasty

Yeun Goo Chung; Duong Tu; Debra Franck; Eun Seok Gil; Khalid Algarrahi; Rosalyn M. Adam; David L. Kaplan; Carlos R. Estrada Jr.; Joshua R. Mauney

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091592

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Acellular Bi-Layer Silk Fibroin Scaffolds Support Tissue Regeneration in a Rabbit Model of Onlay Urethroplasty

Yeun Goo Chung ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yeun Goo Chung, Duong Tu

Affiliation Department of Urology, Urological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Duong Tu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yeun Goo Chung, Duong Tu

Affiliations Department of Urology, Urological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Debra Franck,

Affiliation Department of Urology, Urological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Eun Seok Gil,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Khalid Algarrahi,

Affiliation Department of Urology, Urological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Rosalyn M. Adam,

Affiliations Department of Urology, Urological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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David L. Kaplan,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Carlos R. Estrada Jr. ,

* E-mail: joshua.mauney@childrens.harvard.edu (JM); carlos.estrada@childrens.harvard.edu (CE)

Affiliations Department of Urology, Urological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Joshua R. Mauney

* E-mail: joshua.mauney@childrens.harvard.edu (JM); carlos.estrada@childrens.harvard.edu (CE)

Affiliations Department of Urology, Urological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Acellular Bi-Layer Silk Fibroin Scaffolds Support Tissue Regeneration in a Rabbit Model of Onlay Urethroplasty

Yeun Goo Chung,
Duong Tu,
Debra Franck,
Eun Seok Gil,
Khalid Algarrahi,
Rosalyn M. Adam,
David L. Kaplan,
Carlos R. Estrada Jr.,
Joshua R. Mauney

Published: March 14, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091592

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