In Vitro Evaluation of Spider Silk Meshes as a Potential Biomaterial for Bladder Reconstruction

Anne Steins; Pieter Dik; Wally H. Müller; Stephin J. Vervoort; Kerstin Reimers; Jörn W. Kuhbier; Peter M. Vogt; Aart A. van Apeldoorn; Paul J. Coffer; Koen Schepers

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0145240

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In Vitro Evaluation of Spider Silk Meshes as a Potential Biomaterial for Bladder Reconstruction

Anne Steins,

Affiliations University Medical Center Utrecht, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Division of Pediatrics, Utrecht, The Netherlands, University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Cell Biology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Pieter Dik,

Affiliation University Medical Center Utrecht, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Division of Pediatrics, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Wally H. Müller,

Affiliation Utrecht University, Department of Chemistry, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Stephin J. Vervoort,

Affiliation University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Cell Biology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Kerstin Reimers,

Affiliation Medical School Hannover, Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover, Germany
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Jörn W. Kuhbier,

Affiliation Medical School Hannover, Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover, Germany
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Peter M. Vogt,

Affiliation Medical School Hannover, Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover, Germany
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Aart A. van Apeldoorn,

Affiliation University of Twente, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, Department of Developmental Bioengineering, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Paul J. Coffer,

Affiliations University Medical Center Utrecht, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Division of Pediatrics, Utrecht, The Netherlands, University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Cell Biology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Koen Schepers

* E-mail: k.schepers@lumc.nl

Current address: Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Affiliation University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Cell Biology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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In Vitro Evaluation of Spider Silk Meshes as a Potential Biomaterial for Bladder Reconstruction

Anne Steins,
Pieter Dik,
Wally H. Müller,
Stephin J. Vervoort,
Kerstin Reimers,
Jörn W. Kuhbier,
Peter M. Vogt,
Aart A. van Apeldoorn,
Paul J. Coffer,
Koen Schepers

Published: December 21, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145240

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