Remodeling of the basement membrane during the healing process after intraoral grafting of tissue-engineered human oral mucosa in athymic mice

M. Yoshizawa 1,∗ , T. Koyama 2, A. Funayama 1, T. Mikami 1, T. Kojima 1, K. Niimi 1, T. Kobayashi 1, C. Saito 1 1 Division of Reconstructive Surgery for Oral andMaxillofacial Region, Department of Tissue Regeneration and Reconstruction, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan 2 Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Oral Health Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan