Table 1.
Partial list of tissue/organ-derived decellularized ECMs for stem cell culture.
| Target stem cell | Source of decellularized ECM | Application | Reference |
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| Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells | Full thickness ear cartilage | Ear cartilage reconstruction | [45] |
| Bladder | Bladder reconstruction | [46] | |
| Skin (dermal tissue) | Wound healing | [47] | |
| Brain | Neural differentiation | [43] | |
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| Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells | Adipose tissue | Adipose tissue engineering | [48] |
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| Neural stem cells (NSCs) | Brain sliced section | NSC expansion with undifferentiated state | [40] |
| Brain, spinal cord, urinary bladder | Neural differentiation | [41] | |
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| PC12 cell line | Brain, spinal cord, optic nerve | Neural differentiation | [42] |
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| Adipose precursor cells | Placenta | Adipose precursor cell culture for adipose tissue engineering | [49] |
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| Adipose stem cells | Tendon | Tenogenic differentiation | [50] |
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| Endothelial progenitor cells | Umbilical cord artery | Vascular reconstruction | [51] |
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| Liver stem-like cells | Liver | Hepatic differentiation, other epithelial-like and endothelial-like cells | [44] |
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| Hair follicle stem cells | Skin (dermal tissue) | Hair bud-like structure formation and hair regeneration | [52] |
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| Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells | Lung | Differentiation into lung progenitor cells | [53] |
| Heart | Heart reconstruction | [54] | |
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| Embryonic stem (ES) cells | Lung | Lung reconstruction | [55] |
| Kidney | Kidney reconstruction | [56] | |