Development of a refined ex vivo model of peritoneal adhesion formation, and a role for connexin 43 in their development

• Main Authors: Chua, Jia Wang, Madden, Leigh, Lim, Sophia Beng Hui, Philips, Anthony R. J., Becker, David Lawrence
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Adhesions; Peritoneal
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161696
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Despite many advances across the surgical sciences, post-surgical peritoneal adhesions still pose a considerable risk in modern-day procedures and are highly undesirable. We have developed a novel mouse peritoneal strip ex vivo adhesion model which may serve to bridge the gap between single cell cul...