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. 2022 Oct 14;23(20):12319. doi: 10.3390/ijms232012319

Table 1.

Tissue engineering ovary models in vivo.

Reference Scaffold Host Follicles Sterilization Graft Location Endocrine Function IVF Spontaneous Pregnancy Results
Gosden 1990 [42] plasma clot mouse mouse x-ray or ovariectomy ovarian bursa yes n/a yes normal follicular development
Telfer et al. 1990 [52] collagen mouse mouse ovariectomy kidney capsule yes yes n/a normal follicular development
Carroll, Gosden 1993 [45] plasma clot mouse mouse ovariectomy ovarian bursa yes n/a yes normal follicular development
Dolmans et al. 2008 [46] plasma clot mouse human n/a ovarian bursa n/a n/a n/a antral follicle development
Vanacker et al. 2012 [55] alginate/ matrigel mouse mouse ovariectomy peritoneum n/a n/a n/a graft–host integration
Vanacker et al. 2014 [54] alginate mouse mouse ovariectomy peritoneum n/a n/a n/a antral follicle development
Smith et al. 2014 [47] fibrin mouse mouse ovariectomy ovarian bursa yes n/a n/a antral follicle development
Rajabzadeh et al. 2015 [48] fibrin mouse mouse ovariectomy subcutaneous neck n/a n/a n/a antral follicle development
Kniazeva et al. 2015 [49] fibrin
fibrin/collagen fibrin/alginate
mouse mouse ovariectomy ovarian bursa yes n/a yes sustainable ovary graft
Paulini et al. 2016 [51] fibrin
fibrin/ HA
mouse human n/a peritoneum n/a n/a n/a secondary follicle development
Kim et al. 2016 [56] PEG-VS mouse mouse ovariectomy ovarian bursa yes n/a n/a antral follicle development
Laronda et al. 2017 [53] 3D printed gelatin mouse mouse ovariectomy ovarian bursa yes n/a yes antral follicle development