Adult skeletal muscle in mammals is a stable tissue under normal circumstances but has
remarkable ability to repair after injury. Skeletal muscle regeneration is a highly orchestrated …

Vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs), a major structural component of the vessel wall, not
only play a key role in maintaining vascular structure but also perform various functions …

The vasa vasorum are a vital microvascular network supporting the outer wall of larger blood
vessels. Although these dynamic microvessels have been studied for centuries, the …

The vasculature plays an indispensible role in organ development and maintenance of
tissue homeostasis, such that disturbances to it impact greatly on developmental and …

The development of suitable biomimetic three-dimensional scaffolds is a fundamental
requirement of tissue engineering. This paper presents the first successful attempt to obtain …

Vascular, resident stem cells are present in all 3 layers of the vessel wall; they play a role in
vascular formation under physiological conditions and in remodeling in pathological …

Stem cells (SC) are able to self-renew and to differentiate into many types of committed cells,
making SCs interesting for cellular therapy. However, the pool of SCs in vivo and in vitro …

Homeostasis of the vessel wall is essential for maintaining its function, including blood
pressure and patency of the lumen. In physiological conditions, the turnover rate of vascular …

Recent evidence indicates that stem/progenitor cells are present in the adventitia and
participate in vascular repair and the formation of neointimal lesions in severely damaged …

The fundamental contributions that blood vessels make toward organogenesis and tissue
homeostasis are reflected by the considerable ramifications that loss of vascular wall …