Fabrication techniques for vascular and vascularized tissue engineering

Z Wang, SM Mithieux, AS Weiss - Advanced healthcare …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Impaired or damaged blood vessels can occur at all levels in the hierarchy of vascular
systems from large vasculatures such as arteries and veins to meso‐and microvasculatures …

Fundamentals of laser‐based hydrogel degradation and applications in cell and tissue engineering

S Pradhan, KA Keller, JL Sperduto… - Advanced healthcare …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The cell and tissue engineering fields have profited immensely through the implementation
of highly structured biomaterials. The development and implementation of advanced …

Brain capillary networks across species: a few simple organizational requirements are sufficient to reproduce both structure and function

AF Smith, V Doyeux, M Berg, M Peyrounette… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Despite the key role of the capillaries in neurovascular function, a thorough characterization
of cerebral capillary network properties is currently lacking. Here, we define a range of …

[HTML][HTML] Acoustic characterization of tissue-mimicking materials for ultrasound perfusion imaging research

P Chen, AMAO Pollet, A Panfilova, M Zhou… - Ultrasound in Medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Materials with well-characterized acoustic properties are of great interest for the
development of tissue-mimicking phantoms with designed (micro) vasculature networks …

Biofabrication strategies and engineered in vitro systems for vascular mechanobiology

S Pradhan, OA Banda, CJ Farino… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The vascular system is integral for maintaining organ‐specific functions and homeostasis.
Dysregulation in vascular architecture and function can lead to various chronic or acute …

Reference-free traction force microscopy platform fabricated via two-photon laser scanning lithography enables facile measurement of cell-generated forces

OA Banda, CR Sabanayagam… - ACS applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cells sense and respond to the physical nature of their microenvironment by mechanically
probing their surroundings via cytoskeletal contractions. The material response to these …

3D sugar printing of networks mimicking the vasculature

AMAO Pollet, EFGA Homburg, R Cardinaels… - Micromachines, 2019 - mdpi.com
The vasculature plays a central role as the highway of the body, through which nutrients and
oxygen as well as biochemical factors and signals are distributed by blood flow. Therefore …

Tissue‐engineered vascular grafts for cardiovascular disease management: current strategies, challenges, and future perspectives

KK Das, RM Tiwari, O Shankar, P Maiti… - MedComm …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality which primarily occurs due to the
blood vessel obstruction or narrowing. Surgical procedures such as, coronary artery and …

[HTML][HTML] Research Progress in the Construction and Application of In Vitro Vascular Models

Z He, P Cheng, G Ying, Z Ou - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
The vascular system maintains cellular homeostasis by transporting oxygen, nutrients, and
metabolic waste products. The vascular system is involved in a variety of fundamental …

Engineering free-standing electrospun PLLCL fibers on microfluidic platform for cell alignment

Ö Yildirim-Semerci, A Arslan-Yildiz - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2024 - Springer
Here, a PLLCL-on-chip platform was developed by direct electrospinning of poly (L-lactide-
co-ε-caprolactone)(PLLCL) on polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) microfluidic chips …