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 ResearchConceptsEndothelial cellsImmunodeficient miceRenal glomeruliEnd-stage renal diseaseRat glomeruliPodocyte foot process effacementFoot process effacementHuman umbilical vein endothelial cells
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 transfectionParacrine 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