2022
Readily Available Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts Derived From Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Luo J, Qin L, Park J, Kural MH, Huang Y, Shi X, Riaz M, Wang J, Ellis MW, Anderson CW, Yuan Y, Ren Y, Yoder MC, Tellides G, Niklason LE, Qyang Y. Readily Available Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts Derived From Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Circulation Research 2022, 130: 925-927. PMID: 35189711, PMCID: PMC9113663, DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.121.320315.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Epigallocatechin gallate facilitates extracellular elastin fiber formation in induced pluripotent stem cell derived vascular smooth muscle cells for tissue engineering
Ellis MW, Riaz M, Huang Y, Anderson CW, Luo J, Park J, Lopez CA, Batty LD, Gibson KH, Qyang Y. Epigallocatechin gallate facilitates extracellular elastin fiber formation in induced pluripotent stem cell derived vascular smooth muscle cells for tissue engineering. Journal Of Molecular And Cellular Cardiology 2021, 163: 167-174. PMID: 34979103, PMCID: PMC8920537, DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2021.12.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPluripotent stem cellsTissue engineeringStem cell derivativesPluripotent stem cell derivativesInduced pluripotent stem cellsStem cellsGraft productionMechanical strengthExtracellular formationExpression systemCell derivativesVascular smooth muscle cellsElastin fiber formationEngineered graftSmooth muscle cellsFiber formationNotable obstacleLack of elastinMuscle cellsEngineeringClinical applicationVascular graftsCell proliferative capacityElastin productionProliferative capacity
2020
Efficient Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells into Endothelial Cells under Xenogeneic-free Conditions for Vascular Tissue Engineering
Luo J, Shi X, Lin Y, Yuan Y, Kural MH, Wang J, Ellis MW, Anderson CW, Zhang SM, Riaz M, Niklason LE, Qyang Y. Efficient Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells into Endothelial Cells under Xenogeneic-free Conditions for Vascular Tissue Engineering. Acta Biomaterialia 2020, 119: 184-196. PMID: 33166710, PMCID: PMC8133308, DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.11.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular tissue engineeringTissue engineeringSmall-diameter TEVGsDynamic bioreactor systemShear stressBioreactor systemCell alignmentVascular graftsXenogeneic-free conditionsEngineeringEndothelializationTEVGsApplicationsEndothelial cellsConditionsHuman induced pluripotent stem cellsAnimal-derived reagentsXenogeneic-free generation of vascular smooth muscle cells from human induced pluripotent stem cells for vascular tissue engineering
Luo J, Lin Y, Shi X, Li G, Kural MH, Anderson CW, Ellis MW, Riaz M, Tellides G, Niklason LE, Qyang Y. Xenogeneic-free generation of vascular smooth muscle cells from human induced pluripotent stem cells for vascular tissue engineering. Acta Biomaterialia 2020, 119: 155-168. PMID: 33130306, PMCID: PMC8168373, DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.10.042.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular tissue engineeringTissue-engineered vascular graftsTissue engineeringComparable mechanical strengthVascular smooth muscle cellsMechanical strengthSmooth muscle cellsPolyglycolic acid scaffoldsTechnology one stepBiodegradable polyglycolic acid (PGA) scaffoldsXenogeneic-free conditionsAnimal-derived reagentsMuscle cellsVSMC differentiationImmunodeficient mouse modelEngineeringVascular graftsOne-stepStem cellsPluripotent stem cellsMouse modelCollagen depositionComparable capacityBlood vesselsAcid scaffoldsTissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts with Advanced Mechanical Strength from Human iPSCs
Luo J, Qin L, Zhao L, Gui L, Ellis MW, Huang Y, Kural MH, Clark JA, Ono S, Wang J, Yuan Y, Zhang SM, Cong X, Li G, Riaz M, Lopez C, Hotta A, Campbell S, Tellides G, Dardik A, Niklason LE, Qyang Y. Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts with Advanced Mechanical Strength from Human iPSCs. Cell Stem Cell 2020, 26: 251-261.e8. PMID: 31956039, PMCID: PMC7021512, DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2019.12.012.Peer-Reviewed Original Research