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. 2021 Feb 27;6(9):2927–2945. doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.02.010

Table 5.

Summary of sterilization and disinfection methods for decellularized bladder, kidney and spleen.

Tissue type Origins Methods Appearance and Size Details and References
Bladder pig ethanol overall shape 70% ethanol [132,191]
piece (muscle removed) 75% ethanol [135]
isopropanol piece (5 mm × 5 mm) 70% isopropanol, 1 h [130]
PAA/ethanol piece 0.1% (v/v) PAA in 4% (v/v) ethanol, 2 h [[104], [105], [106],109,190]
irradiation piece (basement membrane, lamina propria) gamma irradiation, 20 kGy [43,45]
piece (1 cm2) gamma irradiation, 30 kGy [44]
EO piece EO [[66], [67], [68], [69], [70], [71], [72], [73],134]
overall shape; piece (8 cm × 10 cm) EO [67]
piece (0.2–0.4 mm thick) EO [70]
piece (1 cm × 1 cm) EO [71]
piece (15 cm × 15 cm) EO [73]
PAA overall shape 0.1% (v/v) PAA (pH 7.5), 37 °C, 3 h [93]
0.1% (v/v) PAA, room temperature, 3 h or 5 h [66]
piece (<2 mm thick) 0.1% (v/v) PAA, 1 h [92]
rat antibiotic/ethanol overall shape antibiotic; then, 70% ethanol, 10 min [192]
PAA/ethanol overall shape 0.1% (v/v) PAA in 4% (v/v) ethanol, 4 °C, 24 h [98]
ethanol piece 70% ethanol [133]
rabbit EO overall shape EO [75]
UV piece (submucosa) UV, 24 h [145]
chub irradiation piece (10 cm2) gamma irradiation, 25 kGy [46]
Kidney pig irradiation overall shape gamma irradiation [47]; (placed in PBS), 10 kGy [23]
slice (7 mm diameter, 2 mm thick) gamma irradiation, 1–10 kGy [47]
ethanol/UV electrospinning membrane 70% ethanol; then UV, 30 min/side [193]
ethanol slice (7 mm diameter, 2 mm thick) 70% ethanol (pH 7.4), 0.5 h, 1 h, 2 h, 3 h, 4 h [48]
PAA/ethanol slice (7 mm diameter, 2 mm thick) 0.2% (v/v) PAA in 4% (v/v) ethanol, (pH 3.0), 0.5 h, 1 h, 2 h, 3 h, 4 h [48]
PAA slice (7 mm diameter, 2 mm thick) 0.2% (v/v) PAA (in 1 M NaCl) (pH 3.1), 0.5 h, 1 h, 2 h, 3 h, 4 h [48]
rat EO overall shape EO [76]
PAA/ethanol overall shape 0.2% (v/v) PAA in 4% (v/v) ethanol, 10 min [110]
antibiotic overall shape antibiotic, 96 h [17]
mice ethanol overall shape 70% ethanol, 30 min [136]
human antibiotic slice (2 mm thick) antibiotic [177]
rhesus antibiotic transverse sections antibiotic, 4 °C [178]
rabbit PAA slice (10 mm × 10 mm × 3 mm) 0.5%, 1%, 1.5% (v/v) PAA (pH 7.2–7.4), 2 h [94]
Spleen rat PAA/ethanol overall shape 0.1% (v/v) PAA in 4% (v/v) ethanol, 2 h [[111], [112], [113]]
PAA overall shape 0.1% (v/v) PAA, 3 h [89], 2 h [90]