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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prog Polym Sci. 2015 Mar 28;53:86–168. doi: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2015.02.004

Table 2.

Partial list of human tissue/organ-derived decellularized matrices that may be used for tissue engineering applications.

Tissue source Decellularized matrix Application options Partial list of Refs.
Skin Dermal tissue Abdominal wall, breast, ear, nose and throat/head and neck reconstruction, grafting [206,207,209]
Bone Bone matrix Bone repair and regeneration [245,247,248,503]
Cornea Corneal stroma Corneal transplantation [201,204,510]
Adipose tissue Adipose tissue Adipose tissue regeneration [499,501]
Vagina Amniotic membrane Vaginal/cervical reconstruction [505,506]
Small intestine Small intestinal submucosa Reconstruction of integument, body wall, urinary bladder, rotator cuff, intestine, urethra, ureter and diaphragm [26,286,477]
Trachea Trachea matrix Replacement of the main left bronchus [515,516]
Heart Heart matrix Engineering of a bioartificial heart for heart tissue engineering [488]
Lung Lung matrix Lung regeneration, orthotopic transplantation [514]