@article{AlHejailanWeigelSchuerleinetal.2022,
  author    = {Al-Hejailan, Reem and Weigel, Tobias and Sch{\"u}rlein, Sebastian and Berger, Constantin and Al-Mohanna, Futwan and Hansmann, Jan},
  title     = {Decellularization of full heart — optimizing the classical sodium-dodecyl-sulfate-based decellularization protocol},
  series = {Bioengineering},
  volume    = {9},
  journal   = {Bioengineering},
  number    = {4},
  issn      = {2306-5354},
  doi       = {10.3390/bioengineering9040147},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-270781},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Compared to cell therapy, where cells are injected into a defect region, the treatment of heart infarction with cells seeded in a vascularized scaffold bears advantages, such as an immediate nutrient supply or a controllable and persistent localization of cells. For this purpose, decellularized native tissues are a preferable choice as they provide an in vivo-like microenvironment. However, the quality of such scaffolds strongly depends on the decellularization process. Therefore, two protocols based on sodium dodecyl sulfate or sodium deoxycholate were tailored and optimized for the decellularization of a porcine heart. The obtained scaffolds were tested for their applicability to generate vascularized cardiac patches. Decellularization with sodium dodecyl sulfate was found to be more suitable and resulted in scaffolds with a low amount of DNA, a highly preserved extracellular matrix composition, and structure shown by GAG quantification and immunohistochemistry. After seeding human endothelial cells into the vasculature, a coagulation assay demonstrated the functionality of the endothelial cells to minimize the clotting of blood. Human-induced pluripotent-stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes in co-culture with fibroblasts and mesenchymal stem cells transferred the scaffold into a vascularized cardiac patch spontaneously contracting with a frequency of 25.61 ± 5.99 beats/min for over 16 weeks. The customized decellularization protocol based on sodium dodecyl sulfate renders a step towards a preclinical evaluation of the scaffolds.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{PereiraTrivanovićStahlhutetal.2022,
  author    = {Pereira, Ana Rita and Trivanović, Drenka and Stahlhut, Philipp and Rudert, Maximilian and Groll, J{\"u}rgen and Herrmann, Marietta},
  title     = {Preservation of the na{\"i}ve features of mesenchymal stromal cells in vitro: Comparison of cell- and bone-derived decellularized extracellular matrix},
  series = {Journal of Tissue Engineering},
  volume    = {13},
  journal   = {Journal of Tissue Engineering},
  doi       = {10.1177/20417314221074453},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-268835},
  pages     = {1-12},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {The fate and behavior of bone marrow mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (BM-MSC) is bidirectionally influenced by their microenvironment, the stem cell niche, where a magnitude of biochemical and physical cues communicate in an extremely orchestrated way. It is known that simplified 2D in vitro systems for BM-MSC culture do not represent their na{\"i}ve physiological environment. Here, we developed four different 2D cell-based decellularized matrices (dECM) and a 3D decellularized human trabecular-bone scaffold (dBone) to evaluate BM-MSC behavior. The obtained cell-derived matrices provided a reliable tool for cell shape-based analyses of typical features associated with osteogenic differentiation at high-throughput level. On the other hand, exploratory proteomics analysis identified native bone-specific proteins selectively expressed in dBone but not in dECM models. Together with its architectural complexity, the physico-chemical properties of dBone triggered the upregulation of stemness associated genes and niche-related protein expression, proving in vitro conservation of the na{\"i}ve features of BM-MSC.},
  language  = {en}
}