2021
Engineering alginate microparticles for optimized accumulation in fetal rat myelomeningocele
Freedman-Weiss MR, Wu D, Maassel N, Ullrich SJ, Ahle SL, Roberts K, Farrelly JS, Buzzelli G, Saltzman WM, Stitelman DH. Engineering alginate microparticles for optimized accumulation in fetal rat myelomeningocele. Journal Of Pediatric Surgery 2021, 57: 544-550. PMID: 33933264, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2021.03.060.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Alginate microparticles loaded with basic fibroblast growth factor induce tissue coverage in a rat model of myelomeningocele
Farrelly JS, Bianchi AH, Ricciardi AS, Buzzelli GL, Ahle SL, Freedman-Weiss MR, Luks VL, Saltzman WM, Stitelman DH. Alginate microparticles loaded with basic fibroblast growth factor induce tissue coverage in a rat model of myelomeningocele. Journal Of Pediatric Surgery 2018, 54: 80-85. PMID: 30414695, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2018.10.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSoft tissue coverageTissue coverageRat modelTime-dated pregnant ratsFree bFGFGrowth factorInjection of microparticlesBasic fibroblast growth factorFibroblast growth factorPregnant ratsPrenatal treatmentIntraamniotic injectionFetal myelomeningoceleMyelomeningoceleMMC coverageMMC defectsRetinoic acidBFGF