title: Muscle tissue engineering.
abstract: Only recently have scientists come to appreciate that many tissues and cell populations that were formerly considered to be in a terminally differentiated state are capable of division and or dedifferentiation. It is the goal of the tissue engineer to understand and redirect this potential. Muscle tissue-engineering efforts will be directed toward building in vitro replacements for in vivo problems. Tissue-engineering advances will be interdependent with advances in gene therapy techniques to restore function at a cellular level.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: DiEdwardo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Petrosko
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Acarturk
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: DiMilla
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: LaFramboise
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001709:Biotechnology; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D017690:Cell Transplantation; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000166:cytology; D009132:Muscles / Q000166:cytology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology; D012038:Regeneration