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SUBMITTER: Di Nicola V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6700267 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Regenerative therapy 20190808
The Omentum is a large flat adipose tissue layer nestling on the surface of the intra-peritoneal organs. Besides fat storage, omentum has key biological functions in <i>immune-regulation</i> and <i>tissue regeneration</i>. Omentum biological properties include neovascularization, haemostasis, tissue healing and regeneration and as an <i>in vivo</i> incubator for cells and tissue cultivation. Some of these properties have long been noted in surgical practice and used empirically in several proced ...[more]