Design principles for therapeutic angiogenic materials

PS Briquez, LE Clegg, MM Martino… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Despite extensive research, pro-angiogenic drugs have failed to translate clinically, and
therapeutic angiogenesis, which has potential in the treatment of various cardiovascular …

Mimicking the physical cues of the ECM in angiogenic biomaterials

CO Crosby, J Zoldan - Regenerative biomaterials, 2019 - academic.oup.com
A functional microvascular system is imperative to build and maintain healthy tissue.
Impaired microvasculature results in ischemia, thereby limiting the tissue's intrinsic …

Angiogenic biomaterials to promote therapeutic regeneration and investigate disease progression

MT Ngo, BAC Harley - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
The vasculature is a key component of the tissue microenvironment. Traditionally known for
its role in providing nutrients and oxygen to surrounding cells, the vasculature is now also …

Cell-seeded biomaterial scaffolds: the urgent need for unanswered accelerated angiogenesis

H Shokrani, A Shokrani, SM Sajadi, F Seidi… - International journal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
One of the most arduous challenges in tissue engineering is neovascularization, without
which there is a lack of nutrients delivered to a target tissue. Angiogenesis should be …

From arteries to capillaries: approaches to engineering human vasculature

S Fleischer, DN Tavakol… - Advanced functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
From microscaled capillaries to millimeter‐sized vessels, human vasculature spans multiple
scales and cell types. The convergence of bioengineering, materials science, and stem cell …

Vascular tissue engineering: biodegradable scaffold platforms to promote angiogenesis

JV Serbo, S Gerecht - Stem cell research & therapy, 2013 - Springer
The ability to understand and regulate human vasculature development and differentiation
has the potential to benefit patients suffering from a variety of ailments, including …

Materials roles for promoting angiogenesis in tissue regeneration

JH Lee, P Parthiban, GZ Jin, JC Knowles… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Enabling angiogenesis is critical for the success of tissue repair therapies and the fate of
tissue-engineered constructs. Although many biochemical signaling molecules have been …

Integrated approaches to spatiotemporally directing angiogenesis in host and engineered tissues

RJ Kant, KLK Coulombe - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
The field of tissue engineering has turned towards biomimicry to solve the problem of tissue
oxygenation and nutrient/waste exchange through the development of vasculature …

Extracellular matrix and growth factor engineering for controlled angiogenesis in regenerative medicine

MM Martino, S Brkic, E Bovo, M Burger… - … in bioengineering and …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Blood vessel growth plays a key role in regenerative medicine, both to restore blood supply
to ischemic tissues and to ensure rapid vascularization of clinical-size tissue-engineered …

Functional angiogenesis requires microenvironmental cues balancing endothelial cell migration and proliferation

WY Wang, D Lin, EH Jarman, WJ Polacheck… - Lab on a Chip, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Angiogenesis is a complex morphogenetic process that involves intimate interactions
between multicellular endothelial structures and their extracellular milieu. In vitro models of …