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: Received: 18 July 2022 / Approved: 20 July 2022 / Online: 20 July 2022 (07:39:43 CEST)
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Davis, J.; Martin, S.; Purita, J.; Shou, J.; Barrett, T. Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopy of Human Umbilical Cord Tissue Allograft Pre and Post Processing: A Literature Comparison. Preprints2022, 2022070297. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202207.0297.v1
Davis, J.; Martin, S.; Purita, J.; Shou, J.; Barrett, T. Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopy of Human Umbilical Cord Tissue Allograft Pre and Post Processing: A Literature Comparison. Preprints 2022, 2022070297. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202207.0297.v1
Davis, J.; Martin, S.; Purita, J.; Shou, J.; Barrett, T. Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopy of Human Umbilical Cord Tissue Allograft Pre and Post Processing: A Literature Comparison. Preprints2022, 2022070297. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202207.0297.v1
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Davis, J., Martin, S., Purita, J., Shou, J., & Barrett, T. (2022). <span data-contrast="none">Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopy of Human Umbilical Cord Tissue Allograft Pre and Post Processing: A Literature Comparison. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202207.0297.v1
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Davis, J., John Shou and Tyler Barrett. 2022 "<span data-contrast="none">Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopy of Human Umbilical Cord Tissue Allograft Pre and Post Processing: A Literature Comparison" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202207.0297.v1
Abstract
One in four adults in the US suffer from cartilage degeneration of the Intervertebral Disc (DDD) or load bearing joints (DJD). Combined DDD and DJD leads to billions of dollars in surgical health care costs annually. Since cartilage is avascular, it has a limited regenerative capacity. Conventional non-surgical treatment modalities provide brief symptomatic relief, have sided effects, and do not address the actual structural tissue defect in the cartilage itself. As such, new alternatives are needed. Perinatal tissue allografts have emerged as a novel frontier for bio-mechanical cartilage engineering research. Birth product-specific therapeutic roles and clinical outcomes are actively being investigated. The tissues of interest include umbilical cord-derived Wharton’s Jelly (WJ). This study assessed WJ tissue samples via ZEISS Supra 55VP Field-Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) at 100 and 300nm resolution scales. The captured images of pre and post-processed structural tissue matrices in WJ allografts were analyzed against themselves and peer-reviewed SEM images of articular cartilage, intervertebral disc cartilage, and muscle fascia. SEM images of post-processed WJ structural tissue matrices were analogous to structural tissue matrices in human articular cartilage, intervertebral disc cartilage, and muscle fascia. Relevant characteristics of pre- and post-processed structural tissue matrices in WJ allografts were comparable. This is the first study, that we are aware of, to utilize SEM to compare the pre-and post-processing relevant structural characteristics of WJ allografts and additionally demonstrate that structural collagen matrices in post-processed WJ allografts are analogous in structure to the cartilage in articular joints, intervertebral discs, and muscle fascia.
Biology and Life Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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