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Table 2.

Different Types of Synthetic Polymers Used in the Research Field of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract.

Polymer	Cell Type	Animal Model	Ref.
Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)	Human MSC, valvular interstitial cells (VIC)	n.a.	⁸⁷^–⁹¹
Poly(glycolic acid) (PGA)/Poly(lactic acid) (PLA)	Fibroblasts, epithelial cells (EC) and ovine VIC Human fibroblasts, bovine aortic EC	lambs (2 weeks)	⁹²^,⁹³
PGA/Poly-4-hydroxybutyrate (P4HB)	Myofibroblasts, ovine EC Stem cells, endothelial progenitor cells, and ovine valvular endothelial cells (VEC)	lambs (20–100 weeks)	⁹⁴^–⁹⁸

	Human amniotic fluid-derived stem cells	sheep (8 weeks)
Polycaprolactone (PCL)	Human myofibroblasts	n.a.	⁹⁹
Poly(glycerol sebacate) (PGS)/PCL	Human umbilical vein-derived endothelial cells (HUVEC)	n.a.	¹⁰⁰
Poly(ester urea urethane) (PEUU)	Smooth muscle cells (SMC) from rats	n.a.	¹⁰¹^–¹⁰⁴
Polydioxaneone (PDO)	Ovine MSC	lambs (1, 4, 8 months)	¹⁰⁵
Polycarbonate PCU–Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS)	n.a.	n.a.	¹⁰⁶

Rambam Maimonides Med JRambam Maimonides Medical JournalRambam Health Care Campus 2013 July; 4(3): e0019. ISSN: 2076-9172

Published online 2013 July 25. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10119