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SUBMITTER: Obermayr F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6604576 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Obermayr Florian F Seitz Guido G
Innovative surgical sciences 20180309 2
Therapeutic options to treat neurogenic motility disorders of the gastrointestinal tract are usually limited to symptomatic treatment. The capacity of the enteric nervous system (ENS) to regenerate and the fact that progenitor cells of the enteric nervous system reside in the postnatal and adult gut led to the idea to develop cell-based strategies to treat ENS related disorders. This short review focuses on recent developments in cell-based ENS regeneration, discussing advantages and disadvantag ...[more]