Lung restoration, growth and regeneration
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- WADA Hironobu
- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine
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- SAKAIRI Yuichi
- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine
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- YOSHINO Ichiro
- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 肺の回復・成長・再生―肺移植と再生医療―
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Abstract
<p>Human lungs are generally not believed to repair or regenerate, and regenerative medicine in the field of respiratory organs, especially lungs, is far behind in comparison with those of other organs. Regenerative medicine is defined as medicine that replaces or regenerates human cells, tissue, or organs to restore or establish normal functions. On the other hand, lung transplantation is a last resort for patients suffering from end-stage lung diseases, and more than 4,000 cases have been performed worldwide. However, the number of patients on the waiting list largely exceeds the number of available transplantable lungs because of a severe short supply of organ donors. Lung regenerative medicine may be a solution for the serious issue to restore injured lungs or to supply transplantable functional lungs. We herein describe lung restoration, lung growth, and lung regeneration, which are related to lung transplantation.</p>
Journal
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- Japanese Journal of Transplantation
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Japanese Journal of Transplantation 52 (1), 031-037, 2017
The Japan Society for Transplantation
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282680485983616
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- NII Article ID
- 130005548948
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- ISSN
- 21880034
- 05787947
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- CiNii Articles
- KAKEN
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed