Decellularization techniques: unveiling the blueprint for tracheal tissue engineering

Certain congenital or acquired diseases and defects such as tracheo-oesophageal fistula, tracheomalacia, tracheal stenosis, airway ischemia, infections, and tumours can cause damage to the trachea. Treatments available do not offer any permanent solutions. Moreover, long-segment defects in the trach...

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Main Authors: Keisha T. Gomes, Palla Ranga Prasad, Jagnoor Singh Sandhu, Ashwini Kumar, Naveena A. N. Kumar, N. B. Shridhar, Bharti Bisht, Manash K. Paul
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-02-01
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Palla Ranga Prasad
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Manash K. Paul
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description Certain congenital or acquired diseases and defects such as tracheo-oesophageal fistula, tracheomalacia, tracheal stenosis, airway ischemia, infections, and tumours can cause damage to the trachea. Treatments available do not offer any permanent solutions. Moreover, long-segment defects in the trachea have no available surgical treatments. Tissue engineering has gained popularity in current regenerative medicine as a promising approach to bridge this gap. Among the various tissue engineering techniques, decellularization is a widely used approach that removes the cellular and nuclear contents from the tissue while preserving the native extracellular matrix components. The decellularized scaffolds exhibit significantly lower immunogenicity and retain the essential biomechanical and proangiogenic properties of native tissue, creating a foundation for trachea regeneration. The present review provides an overview of trachea decellularization advancements, exploring how recellularization approaches can be optimized by using various stem cells and tissue-specific cells to restore the scaffold’s structure and function. We examine critical factors such as mechanical properties, revascularization, and immunogenicity involved in the transplantation of tissue-engineered grafts.
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spelling doaj-art-c892bcea5678496597887d3bb06501be2025-08-20T02:45:56ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology2296-41852025-02-011310.3389/fbioe.2025.15189051518905Decellularization techniques: unveiling the blueprint for tracheal tissue engineeringKeisha T. Gomes0Palla Ranga Prasad1Jagnoor Singh Sandhu2Jagnoor Singh Sandhu3Ashwini Kumar4Naveena A. N. Kumar5N. B. Shridhar6Bharti Bisht7Manash K. Paul8Manash K. Paul9Department of Radiation Biology and Toxicology, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, IndiaDepartment of Radiation Biology and Toxicology, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, IndiaCentral Animal Research Facility, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, IndiaCenter for Animal Research, Ethics and Training (CARET), Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, IndiaDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, IndiaDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, IndiaDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Obscure Disease Research Center, Veterinary College Campus, Shivamogga, Karnataka, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, IndiaDepartment of Radiation Biology and Toxicology, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, IndiaDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, United StatesCertain congenital or acquired diseases and defects such as tracheo-oesophageal fistula, tracheomalacia, tracheal stenosis, airway ischemia, infections, and tumours can cause damage to the trachea. Treatments available do not offer any permanent solutions. Moreover, long-segment defects in the trachea have no available surgical treatments. Tissue engineering has gained popularity in current regenerative medicine as a promising approach to bridge this gap. Among the various tissue engineering techniques, decellularization is a widely used approach that removes the cellular and nuclear contents from the tissue while preserving the native extracellular matrix components. The decellularized scaffolds exhibit significantly lower immunogenicity and retain the essential biomechanical and proangiogenic properties of native tissue, creating a foundation for trachea regeneration. The present review provides an overview of trachea decellularization advancements, exploring how recellularization approaches can be optimized by using various stem cells and tissue-specific cells to restore the scaffold’s structure and function. We examine critical factors such as mechanical properties, revascularization, and immunogenicity involved in the transplantation of tissue-engineered grafts.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2025.1518905/fulltracheadecellularizationrecellularizationscaffoldstransplantation
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Manash K. Paul
Manash K. Paul
Decellularization techniques: unveiling the blueprint for tracheal tissue engineering
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
trachea
decellularization
recellularization
scaffolds
transplantation
title Decellularization techniques: unveiling the blueprint for tracheal tissue engineering
title_full Decellularization techniques: unveiling the blueprint for tracheal tissue engineering
title_fullStr Decellularization techniques: unveiling the blueprint for tracheal tissue engineering
title_full_unstemmed Decellularization techniques: unveiling the blueprint for tracheal tissue engineering
title_short Decellularization techniques: unveiling the blueprint for tracheal tissue engineering
title_sort decellularization techniques unveiling the blueprint for tracheal tissue engineering
topic trachea
decellularization
recellularization
scaffolds
transplantation
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2025.1518905/full
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