Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 155-164, January 2010

Long-term patency of small-diameter vascular graft made from fibroin, a silk-based biodegradable material

  • Soichiro Enomoto, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Makoto Sumi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Kan Kajimoto, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Yasumoto Nakazawa, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Rui Takahashi, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Chiyuki Takabayashi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of New Silk Materials, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Okaya, Nagano, Japan
    • ,
  • Tetsuo Asakura, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Masataka Sata, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Masataka Sata, MD, PhD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan

Received 20 July 2009; accepted 5 September 2009. published online 03 December 2009.

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 This study was supported in part by the Program for Promotion of Basic and Applied Researches for Innovations in Bio-oriented Industry and by grants from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (Knowledge Cluster and New Research Area).

 Competition of interest: none.

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)01835-7

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2009.09.005

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 155-164, January 2010

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