Small-Diameter Vascular Graft Engineered Using Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Mesenchymal Cells
Sundaram S, Echter A, Sivarapatna A, Qiu C, Niklason L. Small-Diameter Vascular Graft Engineered Using Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Mesenchymal Cells. Tissue Engineering Part A 2013, 20: 740-750. PMID: 24125588, PMCID: PMC3926168, DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2012.0738.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman embryonic stem cellsHuman embryonic stem cell-derived mesenchymal cellsSmooth muscle cellsSMC marker expressionMesenchymal cellsEmbryonic stem cellsMarkers of cartilageLineage commitmentNew cell sourceGrowth factor betaStem cellsDifferentiation capabilityCell populationsNative counterpartsMuscle cellsHuman vessel wallStringent analysisFactor betaCell sourceCellsMarker expressionSmooth muscle actinMuscle actinVascular constructsCell sourcing