2016
ISL1 cardiovascular progenitor cells for cardiac repair after myocardial infarction
Bartulos O, Zhuang ZW, Huang Y, Mikush N, Suh C, Bregasi A, Wang L, Chang W, Krause DS, Young LH, Pober JS, Qyang Y. ISL1 cardiovascular progenitor cells for cardiac repair after myocardial infarction. JCI Insight 2016, 1: e80920. PMID: 27525311, PMCID: PMC4982472, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.80920.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMyocardial infarctionControl animalsCardiovascular progenitor cellsProgenitor cellsVentricular contractile functionCardiac repair strategiesNew blood vesselsInfarct areaLineage-tracing studiesContractile functionCardiac repairBlood vessel formationMyocardial regenerationEndothelial cellsHeart tissueBlood vesselsMurine heartInfarctionVessel formationInjuryMiceDelivery approachCardiomyocytesHeartCellsBlocking MHC class II on human endothelium mitigates acute rejection
Abrahimi P, Qin L, Chang WG, Bothwell AL, Tellides G, Saltzman WM, Pober JS. Blocking MHC class II on human endothelium mitigates acute rejection. JCI Insight 2016, 1: e85293. PMID: 26900601, PMCID: PMC4756651, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.85293.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClass II MHC moleculesCytotoxic T lymphocytesII MHC moleculesClass I MHC moleculesMHC moleculesI MHC moleculesEndothelial cellsAcute rejectionT cellsEffector memory T cellsT cell-mediated destructionAcute allograft rejectionCell-mediated destructionGraft endothelial cellsMemory T cellsAlloreactive cytotoxic T lymphocytesExperimental rodent modelsMajor histocompatibility complex moleculesSecondary lymphoid organsMHC class IIClass I major histocompatibility complex moleculesAllogeneic human lymphocytesHistocompatibility complex moleculesPrevents CD4Artery graft
2015
Tissue-Engineered Microvasculature to Reperfuse Isolated Renal Glomeruli
Chang WG, Fornoni A, Tietjen G, Mendez JJ, Niklason LE, Saltzman WM, Pober JS. Tissue-Engineered Microvasculature to Reperfuse Isolated Renal Glomeruli. Tissue Engineering Part A 2015, 21: 2673-2679. PMID: 26414101, PMCID: PMC4652181, DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2015.0060.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Sustained delivery of proangiogenic microRNA‐132 by nanoparticle transfection improves endothelial cell transplantation
Devalliere J, Chang WG, Andrejecsk JW, Abrahimi P, Cheng CJ, Jane‐wit D, Saltzman WM, Pober JS. Sustained delivery of proangiogenic microRNA‐132 by nanoparticle transfection improves endothelial cell transplantation. The FASEB Journal 2013, 28: 908-922. PMID: 24221087, PMCID: PMC3898640, DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-238527.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman umbilical vein ECsEndothelial cellsMiR-132MicroRNA-132Cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cellsNumber of microvesselsGrowth factor-induced proliferationHuman umbilical vein endothelial cellsUmbilical vein endothelial cellsEndothelial cell transplantationCultured endothelial cellsEndogenous growth factorsEC transplantationVein endothelial cellsCell transplantationImmunodeficient miceTissue perfusionTransplantationMiR deliveryGrowth factorIntegrin αvβ3Endocytosed nanoparticlesSquare millimeterBiological effectsControl transfectionPericytes modulate endothelial sprouting
Chang WG, Andrejecsk JW, Kluger MS, Saltzman WM, Pober JS. Pericytes modulate endothelial sprouting. Cardiovascular Research 2013, 100: 492-500. PMID: 24042014, PMCID: PMC3826704, DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvt215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBecaplerminCoculture TechniquesCulture Media, ConditionedHepatocyte Growth FactorHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsHumansMicrovesselsNeovascularization, PhysiologicParacrine CommunicationPericytesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sisSignal TransductionSpheroids, CellularTime FactorsTransfectionVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AParacrine exchanges of molecular signals between alginate-encapsulated pericytes and freely suspended endothelial cells within a 3D protein gel
Andrejecsk JW, Cui J, Chang WG, Devalliere J, Pober JS, Saltzman WM. Paracrine exchanges of molecular signals between alginate-encapsulated pericytes and freely suspended endothelial cells within a 3D protein gel. Biomaterials 2013, 34: 8899-8908. PMID: 23973174, PMCID: PMC3839675, DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.08.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman umbilical vein endothelial cellsParacrine signalsFunctioning of tissuesProper survivalEndothelial cellsUmbilical vein endothelial cellsMolecular signalsRegulated deliveryVein endothelial cellsVessel-like structuresLiving cellsProtein gelsHepatocyte growth factorTherapeutic proteinsParacrine exchangesGrowth factorMicrovascular pericytesProteinAngiogenic proteinsCellsVascular tissue engineeringHUVEC behaviorTissue constructsPericytesLocal environment