Ethanol treatment of nanoPGA/PCL composite scaffolds enhances human chondrocyte development in the cellular microenvironment of tissue-engineered auricle constructs

• Narihiko Hirano,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan

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• Hirohisa Kusuhara,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan

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• Yu Sueyoshi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan

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• Takeshi Teramura,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Institute of Advanced Clinical Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan

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• Ananth Murthy,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8109-6144

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• Shinichi Asamura,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wakayama Medical College, Wakayama, Japan

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• Noritaka Isogai ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wlandis@uakron.edu (WJL); isogai@med.kindai.ac.jp (NI)

  Affiliation Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan

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• Robin DiFeo Jacquet,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Akron, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

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• William J. Landis

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wlandis@uakron.edu (WJL); isogai@med.kindai.ac.jp (NI)

  Affiliation Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1944-0220

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