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Reconstructed Human Oral Tissues

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: National Institutes of Health
Contract: 2R44DE013277-02
Agency Tracking Number: DE013277
Amount: $0.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2003
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
MATTEK CORPORATION 200 HOMER AVE
ASHLAND, MA 01721
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 MITCHELL KLAUSNER
 (508) 881-6771
 MKLAUSNER@MATTEK.COM
Business Contact
 JOHN SHEASGREEN
Phone: (508) 881-6771
Email: JSHEASGREEN@MATTEK.COM
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Phase I research adapted primary culture methods to obtain a reliable source of normal human buccal epithelial (NHBE) cells. Tissue culture methods were developed to induce the NHBE cells to differentiate into a three-dimensional organotypic tissue. Characterization showed that the tissue reproduced many of the histological, protein expression, and barrier function properties of native buccal tissue. Initial experiments investigated use of the NHBE tissue for predicting oral irritation and transbuccal drug delivery rates. Finally, an economic evaluation of costs involved in tissue production showed that an NHBE product appears to be commercially feasible.

The Phase II work plan will expand upon the results of Phase I to further develop the NHBE and other related, and more complex, oral mucosal models. NHBE culture conditions will be optimized and conditions to produce a gingival phenotype and incorporate lamina propria will be determined. Protocols to predict oral irritation will be determined and use of the tissue for transbuccal drug delivery will be studied in a more comprehensive manner. Finally, studies addressing basic oral biology phenomena, namely anti-microbial peptide regulation and HIV infection, will be performed.

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