2016
Implantable tissue-engineered blood vessels from human induced pluripotent stem cells
Gui L, Dash BC, Luo J, Qin L, Zhao L, Yamamoto K, Hashimoto T, Wu H, Dardik A, Tellides G, Niklason LE, Qyang Y. Implantable tissue-engineered blood vessels from human induced pluripotent stem cells. Biomaterials 2016, 102: 120-129. PMID: 27336184, PMCID: PMC4939127, DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.06.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular smooth muscle cellsVascular diseaseBlood vesselsAlpha-smooth muscle actinSmooth muscle myosin heavy chainActive vascular remodelingSmooth muscle cellsMuscle myosin heavy chainTissue-engineered blood vesselsStem cellsAbundant collagenous matrixPluripotent stem cellsInterposition graftAllogeneic graftsVascular remodelingΑ-SMANude ratsMuscle actinMyosin heavy chainClinical useMuscle cellsFunctional vascular smooth muscle cellsPatientsFunctional tissue-engineered blood vesselGraft
2014
Tissue‐Engineered Vascular Grafts Created From Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Sundaram S, One J, Siewert J, Teodosescu S, Zhao L, Dimitrievska S, Qian H, Huang AH, Niklason L. Tissue‐Engineered Vascular Grafts Created From Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells Translational Medicine 2014, 3: 1535-1543. PMID: 25378654, PMCID: PMC4250208, DOI: 10.5966/sctm.2014-0065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPluripotent stem cellsMesenchymal lineagesSmooth muscle cell differentiationMuscle cell differentiationStem cellsInduced pluripotent stem cellsNeural crest intermediateHuman induced pluripotent stem cellsMesenchymal progenitor cellsStem cell clonesCollagen-rich matrixCell differentiationVascular developmentHiPSC linesProgenitor cellsSmooth muscle cellsCell apoptosisHiPS cellsLineagesMesenchymal markersGeneration of graftMuscle cellsClonesTissue-engineered vascular graftsCells