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

Table 2.

Summary of tissue-engineering uterus models in vivo.

Reference. Tissue Host Scaffold Cells Time In Vitro Time In Vivo Time of Conception Gestation Achieved
Santoso et el. 2014 [78] full thickness uterine patch rat decellularized rat uterus acellular n/a ≤51 days 30 days late-stage
Miyazaki & Maruyama 2014 [79] full thickness uterine patch rat decellularized rat uterus rat neonatal, adult uterine cells and rat BM-MSCs ≤10 days ≤90 days 28 days late-stage
Ding et al. 2014 [82] full thickness uterine patch rat collagen rat BM-MSCs 72 h 105–109 days 90 days late-stage
Hellström et al. 2016 [80] full thickness uterine patch rat decellularized rat uterus rat uterus primary cells and rat mscs 3 days 9 weeks 6 weeks late-stage
Hiraoka et al. 2016 [81] full thickness uterine patch mouse decellularized mouse uterus acellular n/a ≤7 weeks 4 weeks full term
Campbell et al. 2008 [83] full thickness uterine horn tip rat boiled blood clots uncontrolled host cellularization in vivo 2 weeks 4–12 weeks 4,6,12 weeks late-stage
Magalhaes et al. 2020 [84] subtotal uterus rabbit PGA/PLGA rabbit primary endometrial and myometrial cells -- ≤7 months 6 months full term