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Sci Rep
December 2024
Pharmacology Research Group, Universidad del Valle, Colombia, Cali, 760043.
Vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) represents a clinical challenge for transplant therapy, as it involves different tissues with unique immunogenicity. Even when receiving immunosuppressive therapy, they are more vulnerable to severe hypoxia, microvascular damage, and ultimately the rejection or chronic graft dysfunction after transplantation. This study aimed to develop a surgical protocol for VCA of the ear in a porcine biomodel in the absence of immunosuppression, maintaining the in vitro co-culture of the allograft and assessing their relationship with allograft survival.
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December 2024
Helsinki Burn Centre, Department of Plastic Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, 00029 Helsinki, Finland.
Autologous skin grafts are the gold standard for definitive wound coverage in burn care, but allograft skin grafts are essential for providing temporary coverage in cases of extensive burns. The Helsinki Skin Bank, established in 1995 at the Helsinki Burn Centre, is Finland's only licensed skin bank, serving a population of 5.5 million.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAm J Transplant
December 2024
Center for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. USA. Electronic address:
After skin allotransplantation, intercellular transfer of donor MHC molecules mediated primarily by extracellular vesicles (EVs) released by the allograft is known to contribute to semi-direct and indirect activation of alloreactive T cells involved in graft rejection. At the same time, there is ample evidence showing that initiation of adaptive alloimmunity depends on early innate inflammation caused by tissue injury and subsequent activation of myeloid cells (macrophages and dendritic cells) recognizing danger associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). Among these DAMPs, extracellular ATP plays a key role in innate inflammation through binding to P2X7 receptors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArthroscopy
December 2024
Department of Medical Engineering and Physics, Centre for Implant Technology and Retrieval Analysis, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia.
Purpose: To assess the variability in graft biomechanical properties of an acellular human dermal matrix patch.
Methods: A total of 22 strips obtained from 6 separate graft specimens (AlloPatch HD) were tested. Load elongation properties after cyclic loading, including ultimate load at break, energy at break, and extension at break, were tested and compared by graft thickness.
Cell Tissue Bank
December 2024
NHS Blood and Transplant, Tissue Services R&D, 14 Estuary Banks, Speke, Liverpool, L24 8RB, UK.
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