A critical role for macrophages in neovessel formation and the development of stenosis in tissue‐engineered vascular grafts
Hibino N, Yi T, Duncan DR, Rathore A, Dean E, Naito Y, Dardik A, Kyriakides T, Madri J, Pober JS, Shinoka T, Breuer CK. A critical role for macrophages in neovessel formation and the development of stenosis in tissue‐engineered vascular grafts. The FASEB Journal 2011, 25: 4253-4263. PMID: 21865316, PMCID: PMC3236622, DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-186585.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacrophage infiltrationNeovessel formationGraft-related complicationsIncidence of stenosisTissue-engineered vascular graftsDevelopment of stenosisTransgenic mouse modelRole of macrophagesFirst clinical trialSmooth muscle cellsVascular graftsTEVG stenosisMacrophage infiltratesClodronate liposomesClinical trialsM1 macrophagesM2 phenotypeMurine modelMouse modelStenosisSeeded graftsRole of cellNatural historyMuscle cellsMacrophages