The microvasculature involves the part of the vascular system made of vessels with
diameters inferior to 100 μm. There are many culture models allowing for the formation of …

The ability of generate new microvessels in desired numbers and at desired locations has
been a long-sought goal in vascular medicine, engineering, and biology. Historically, the …

In this chapter, we describe culture methods to construct microvascular networks as well as
approaches to integrating capillary networks with 3D epithelial tissue-engineered constructs …

Highlights•Improved methods and sources for isolating vascular, perivascular and vascular
progenitor cells.•Biomaterials designed and modified to promote new blood vessel …

Recent advances in medicine and healthcare allow people to live longer, increasing the
need for the number of organ transplants. However, the number of organ donors has not …

Context.—Due to its anticipated curative potential, therapeutic angiogenesis recently
became a major preoccupation for the biomedical research community. Most of the related …

Tissue engineering has promise as a means for repairing diseased and damaged tissues. A
significant challenge in tissue construction relates to the constraints placed on tissue …

The greatest ambition and promise of tissue engineering is to manufacture human organs.
Before “made-to-measure” tissues can become a reality [1],[2],[3], however, three …

This chapter reviews the recent advancements in techniques for fabricating in vitro blood
vessel models and vascularized networks in 3D engineered tissue constructs. It first …

One major obstacle toward the creation and survival of larger, three-dimensional tissues is
the lack of a vascular network that provides transport of oxygen, nutrients, and metabolic …