2020
Glycocalyx‐Like Hydrogel Coatings for Small Diameter Vascular Grafts
Dimitrievska S, Wang J, Lin T, Weyers A, Bai H, Qin L, Li G, Cai C, Kypson A, Kristofik N, Gard A, Sundaram S, Yamamoto K, Wu W, Zhao L, Kural M, Yuan Y, Madri J, Kyriakides T, Linhardt R, Niklason L. Glycocalyx‐Like Hydrogel Coatings for Small Diameter Vascular Grafts. Advanced Functional Materials 2020, 30 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201908963.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Improving in vivo outcomes of decellularized vascular grafts via incorporation of a novel extracellular matrix
Kristofik NJ, Qin L, Calabro NE, Dimitrievska S, Li G, Tellides G, Niklason LE, Kyriakides TR. Improving in vivo outcomes of decellularized vascular grafts via incorporation of a novel extracellular matrix. Biomaterials 2017, 141: 63-73. PMID: 28667900, PMCID: PMC5918415, DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2017.06.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnmodified graftsVascular graftsCoronary bypass proceduresMechanical propertiesMural cell recruitmentBypass proceduresRat aortaMMP levelsCell recruitmentDecreased failure rateGraftPlatelet studiesGraft mechanical propertiesNative vesselsShelf vascular graftsSmall-diameter vascular graftsTime pointsExtracellular matrixDiameter vascular graftsTensile strengthYoung's modulusWT cellsPresent studySuture retentionFailure rate