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SUBMITTER: Wrenn SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6021073 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wrenn Sean M SM Griswold Ethan D ED Uhl Franziska E FE Uriarte Juan J JJ Park Heon E HE Coffey Amy L AL Dearborn Jacob S JS Ahlers Bethany A BA Deng Bin B Lam Ying-Wai YW Huston Dryver R DR Lee Patrick C PC Wagner Darcy E DE Weiss Daniel J DJ
PloS one 20180627 6
Allogeneic lung transplant is limited both by the shortage of available donor lungs and by the lack of suitable long-term lung assist devices to bridge patients to lung transplantation. Avian lungs have different structure and mechanics resulting in more efficient gas exchange than mammalian lungs. Decellularized avian lungs, recellularized with human lung cells, could therefore provide a powerful novel gas exchange unit for potential use in pulmonary therapeutics. To initially assess this in bo ...[more]