References
- Millesi H. Techniques for nerve grafting. Hand Clin 2000;16:73–91.
- Stang F, Keilhoff G, Fansa H. Biocompatibility of different nerve tubes. Materials 2009;2:1480–507.
- Scherman P, Lundborg G, Kanje M, Dahlin LB. Sutures alone are sufficient to support regeneration across a gap in the continuity of the sciatic nerve in rats. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg 2000;34:1–8.
- Brandt J, Nilsson A, Kanje M, Lundborg G, Dahlin LB. Acutely-dissociated Schwann cells used in tendon autografts for bridging nerve defects in rats: a new principle for tissue engineering in nerve reconstruction. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg 2005;39:321–5.
- Arino H, Brandt J, Dahlin LB. Implantation of Schwann cells in rat tendon autografts as a model for peripheral nerve repair: long term effects on functional recovery. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg 2008;42:281–5.
- Scherer MN, Banas B, Mantouvalou K, Current concepts and perspectives of immunosuppression in organ transplantation. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2007;392:511–23.
- Wolthers M. Peripheral nerve regeneration and the influence of FK506 - A longitudinal functional, electrophysiological, and histological study of severe nerve lesions in rat. Copenhagen: University of Copenhagen; 2006.
- Sondell M, Lundborg G, Kanje M. Regeneration of the rat sciatic nerve into allografts made acellular through chemical extraction. Brain Res 1998;795:44–54.
- Hudson TW, Liu SY, Schmidt CE. Engineering an improved acellular nerve graft via optimized chemical processing. Tissue Eng 2004;10:1346–58.
- Evans PJ, Midha R, Mackinnon SE. The peripheral nerve allograft: a comprehensive review of regeneration and neuroimmunology. Prog Neurobiol 1994;43:187–233.
- Guo L, Li Y, Lin H, Evaluation of a rat model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis with human MBP as antigen. Cell Mol Immunol 2004;1:387–91.
- Neubauer D, Graham JB, Muir D. Chondroitinase treatment increases the effective length of acellular nerve grafts. Exp Neurol 2007;207:163–70.
- Hudson TW, Zawko S, Deister C, Optimized acellular nerve graft is immunologically tolerated and supports regeneration. Tissue Eng 2004;10:1641–51.
- Karabekmez FE, Duymaz A, Moran SL. Early clinical outcomes with the use of decellularized nerve allograft for repair of sensory defects within the hand. Hand (N Y) 2009;4:245–9.
- Kvist M, Danielsen N, Dahlin LB. Effects of FK506 on regeneration and macrophages in injured rat sciatic nerve. J Peripher Nerv Syst 2003;8:251–9.
- Evans PJ, Mackinnon SE, Levi AD, Cold preserved nerve allografts: changes in basement membrane, viability, immunogenicity, and regeneration. Muscle Nerve 1998;21:1507–22.
- Danielsen N, Kerns JM, Holmquist B, Zhao Q, Lundborg G, Kanje M. Predegeneration enhances regeneration into acellular nerve grafts. Brain Res 1995;681:105–8.
- Nishiura Y, Haapaniemi T, Dahlin LB. Hyperbaric oxygen treatment has different effects on nerve regeneration in acellular nerve and muscle grafts. J Peripher Nerv Syst 2001;6:73–8.
- Walsh S, Biernaskie J, Kemp SW, Midha R. Supplementation of acellular nerve grafts with skin derived precursor cells promotes peripheral nerve regeneration. Neuroscience 2009;164:1097–107.
- Sun XH, Che YQ, Tong XJ, Improving nerve regeneration of acellular nerve allografts seeded with SCs bridging the sciatic nerve defects of rat. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2009;29:347–53.
- Aszmann OC, Korak KJ, Luegmair M, Frey M. Bridging critical nerve defects through an acellular homograft seeded with autologous Schwann cells obtained from a regeneration neuroma of the proximal stump. J Reconstr Microsurg 2008;24:151–8.
- McKerracher L, Chamoux M, Arregui CO. Role of laminin and integrin interactions in growth cone guidance. Mol Neurobiol 1996;12:95–116.
- Wallquist W, Patarroyo M, Thams S, Laminin chains in rat and human peripheral nerve: distribution and regulation during development and after axonal injury. J Comp Neurol 2002;454:284–93.
- Wallquist W, Plantman S, Thams S, Impeded interaction between Schwann cells and axons in the absence of laminin alpha4. J Neurosci 2005;25:3692–700.
- Duran-Jimenez B, Dobler D, Moffatt S, Advanced glycation endproducts in extracellular matrix proteins contribute to the failure of sensory nerve regeneration in diabetes. Diabetes 2009;58:2893–903.