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De novo adipogenesis using a bioabsorbable implant without additional cells or growth factors

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Adipose tissue regeneration in breast cancer patients without additional growth factors or adipose‐tissue‐derived stromal cells is desirable because of the possibility of recurrence and metastasis. We report that a poly‐L‐lactic… Click to show full abstract

Adipose tissue regeneration in breast cancer patients without additional growth factors or adipose‐tissue‐derived stromal cells is desirable because of the possibility of recurrence and metastasis. We report that a poly‐L‐lactic acid (PLLA) mesh implant containing a collagen sponge (CS) maintained the internal space in vivo for up to 12 months and substituted for adipose tissue. We developed a PLLA capsule that maintained the internal space longer than that of PLLA mesh and compared adipose tissue formation at 12 and 24 months after implantation between the PLLA mesh with CS implant and the PLLA capsule implant with or without CS in a rabbit model. After 12 months, all implants maintained the internal space, and the adipose tissue that formed in all implant groups was larger than that in the control group. At 24 months, PLLA mesh maintained the internal space just as well as that at 12 months, while the PLLA capsule collapsed and accumulated a large number of macrophages. The formed adipose tissue in the PLLA mesh group was maintained up to 24 months; however, those in two PLLA capsule groups decreased and showed no difference from the control group. In conclusion, the internal space of the PLLA mesh implant with CS was substituted for adipose tissue at 12 months and sustained the formed adipose tissue after 24 months. The PLLA mesh implant containing CS is a desirable bioabsorbable implant that can be replaced by autologous adipose tissue after implantation in vivo without using any growth factors or cells.

Keywords: plla mesh; implant; growth factors; tissue; adipose tissue

Journal Title: Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Year Published: 2020

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