Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 1 , Pages 53-61 , July 2009

Bioengineered Internal Anal Sphincter Derived From Isolated Human Internal Anal Sphincter Smooth Muscle Cells

  • Sita Somara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics-Gastroenterology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • Robert R. Gilmont

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics-Gastroenterology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • Robert G. Dennis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Khalil N. Bitar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics-Gastroenterology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Khalil N. Bitar, PhD, AGAF, University of Michigan Medical School, 1150 W. Medical Center Dr., MSRB I, Room A520, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0658. fax: (734) 647-9703

Received 20 August 2008 ,Accepted 17 March 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported by National Institutes of Health Grant NIDDK R01-DK071614.

PII: S0016-5085(09)00464-8

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.03.036

Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 1 , Pages 53-61 , July 2009

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