Scaffold-Free Tubular Tissues Created by a Bio-3D Printer Undergo Remodeling and Endothelialization when Implanted in Rat Aortae

• Manabu Itoh,

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan

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• Koichi Nakayama,

  Affiliation Biomedical Engineering Course Advanced Technology, Fusion Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saga University, Saga, Japan

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• Ryo Noguchi,

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan

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• Keiji Kamohara,

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan

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• Kojirou Furukawa,

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan

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• Kazuyoshi Uchihashi,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan

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• Shuji Toda,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan

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• Jun-ichi Oyama,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan

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• Koichi Node,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan

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• Shigeki Morita

  * E-mail: moritash@cc.saga-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan

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