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Characterizing omental adhesions by culturing cells isolated from a novel in vivo adhesion model.
Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society - 1 Jan 2000
Gómez-Gil Verónica, Pascual Gemma, García-Honduvilla Natalio, Rodríguez Marta, Buján Julia, Bellón Juan M
Abstract excerpt
Although it has been established that postoperative adhesions in the peritoneal cavity are the consequence of injury to the peritoneum, there is much controversy over the nature of the cells giving rise to this neotissue. Here, we establish a novel adhesiogenic model in the rabbit to analyze the phenotype and proliferation in vitro of cells comprising adhesion tissue seven days postsurgery. Adhesion-free omentum...
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