Vascular smooth muscle cells and arterial stiffening: relevance in development, aging, and disease

P Lacolley, V Regnault, P Segers… - Physiological …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
The cushioning function of large arteries encompasses distension during systole and recoil
during diastole which transforms pulsatile flow into a steady flow in the microcirculation …

Organotypic vasculature: from descriptive heterogeneity to functional pathophysiology

HG Augustin, GY Koh - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND Each organ in the human body has its own capillary bed to carry out its
distinctive and versatile functions in response to dynamically changing systemic and local …

[HTML][HTML] Cardioids reveal self-organizing principles of human cardiogenesis

P Hofbauer, SM Jahnel, N Papai, M Giesshammer… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Organoids capable of forming tissue-like structures have transformed our ability to model
human development and disease. With the notable exception of the human heart, lineage …

3D printing of personalized thick and perfusable cardiac patches and hearts

N Noor, A Shapira, R Edri, I Gal, L Wertheim… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Generation of thick vascularized tissues that fully match the patient still remains an unmet
challenge in cardiac tissue engineering. Here, a simple approach to 3D‐print thick …

Human blood vessel organoids as a model of diabetic vasculopathy

RA Wimmer, A Leopoldi, M Aichinger, N Wick… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The increasing prevalence of diabetes has resulted in a global epidemic. Diabetes is a
major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, stroke and amputation of lower limbs …

Engineering of human brain organoids with a functional vascular-like system

B Cakir, Y Xiang, Y Tanaka, MH Kural, M Parent… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Human cortical organoids (hCOs), derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs),
provide a platform to study human brain development and diseases in complex three …

Reconstruction of the human blood–brain barrier in vitro reveals a pathogenic mechanism of APOE4 in pericytes

JW Blanchard, M Bula, J Davila-Velderrain, LA Akay… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
In Alzheimer's disease, amyloid deposits along the brain vasculature lead to a condition
known as cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), which impairs blood–brain barrier (BBB) …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-lineage human iPSC-derived platforms for disease modeling and drug discovery

A Sharma, S Sances, MJ Workman, CN Svendsen - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) provide a powerful platform for disease
modeling and have unlocked new possibilities for understanding the mechanisms governing …

[HTML][HTML] A genetic variant associated with five vascular diseases is a distal regulator of endothelin-1 gene expression

RM Gupta, J Hadaya, A Trehan, SM Zekavat, C Roselli… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) implicate the PHACTR1 locus (6p24) in risk for
five vascular diseases, including coronary artery disease, migraine headache, cervical …

[HTML][HTML] Massive and reproducible production of liver buds entirely from human pluripotent stem cells

T Takebe, K Sekine, M Kimura, E Yoshizawa, S Ayano… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Organoid technology provides a revolutionary paradigm toward therapy but has yet to be
applied in humans, mainly because of reproducibility and scalability challenges. Here, we …