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Tracheal Cannulation in Rabbit Model: A Procedure to Insert Tracheal Cannula into the Rabbit Trachea
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2025
This video demonstrates the surgical creation of an opening in the rabbit trachea to insert a tracheal cannula for artificially ventilating the lungs.
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Direct Tracheal Instillation of Solutes into Mouse Lung
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2010
Intratracheal instillations deliver solutes directly into the lungs. This procedure targets the delivery of the instillate into the distal regions of the lung, and is therefore often incorporated in studies aimed at studying alveoli. We provide a detailed survival protocol for performing intratracheal instillations in mice.
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Heterotopic and Orthotopic Tracheal Transplantation in Mice used as Models to Study the Development of Obliterative Airway Disease
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2010
This video shows and compares two experimental models to study the development of obliterative airway disease (OAD) in mice, the heterotopic and orthotopic tracheal transplantation model.
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Modeling Transuterine Fetal Tracheal Occlusion in Murine Model: A Surgical Procedure for Ligation of the Fetal Trachea Within a Pregnant Mouse
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2025
This video demonstrates the transuterine tracheal occlusion procedure of a mouse fetus in a pregnant mouse. This model can be used to study the impact of occluded trachea on lung development.
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A Mouse Model of Single and Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
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2017
Athletes absorb several hundred mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI)/concussions every year; however, the consequence of these on the brain is poorly understood. Therefore, an animal model of single and repetitive mTBI that consistently replicates clinically relevant symptoms provides the means to advance the study of mTBI and concussion.
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Damage initiates a linked sequence rather than an isolated structural change. Epithelial disruption can be examined alongside inflammation, extracellular matrix remodeling, and regenerative responses, allowing investigators to relate local tissue events to the progression of repair. In a bioengineering study, this linkage helps distinguish how a treatment affects healing processes, not merely the appearance of the injured airway.
Animal, ex vivo, and engineered tissue systems provide different experimental settings for reproducing airway damage. Using these formats allows researchers to examine repair in relation to the type of system being studied while maintaining controlled injury conditions. The selected system is therefore relevant when interpreting tissue responses and deciding how a bioengineered intervention should be evaluated before clinical research.
Severity provides a reference for interpreting repair and functional recovery. Considering the extent of damage helps connect airway disruption with inflammation, matrix remodeling, regeneration, and restoration of structure or function. This relationship is important when judging whether a scaffold, graft, or cell-based therapy performs consistently under defined injury conditions and produces outcomes relevant to reconstruction.
A typical study establishes a controlled airway injury in the selected animal, ex vivo, or engineered tissue system. Researchers then follow tissue repair and functional recovery while examining structural changes and biological responses. For bioengineering applications, the intervention is evaluated within this injury context, so safety, integration, and performance can be considered together rather than as isolated material properties.
Tracheal injury models can assess biomaterials, tissue-engineered grafts, scaffolds, and cell-based therapies. Each intervention is examined in relation to reconstruction of the damaged airway, including whether it integrates with the tissue and supports recovery. This makes the model useful for comparing candidate strategies before they advance to clinical research and for identifying how different approaches perform during repair.
Useful outcomes extend beyond whether tissue appears repaired. The model can connect airway structure with function and reveal how an intervention performs during repair and over longer periods. In bioengineering, these observations support decisions about safety, tissue integration, and long-term performance, providing evidence for whether a reconstruction strategy merits further translational study.