2014
Comparison of a Closed System to a Standard Open Technique for Preparing Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts
Kurobe H, Maxfield MW, Naito Y, Cleary M, Stacy MR, Solomon D, Rocco KA, Tara S, Lee AY, Sinusas AJ, Snyder EL, Shinoka T, Breuer CK. Comparison of a Closed System to a Standard Open Technique for Preparing Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods 2014, 21: 88-93. PMID: 24866863, PMCID: PMC4291206, DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2014.0160.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Vascular tissue engineering: Towards the next generation vascular grafts
Naito Y, Shinoka T, Duncan D, Hibino N, Solomon D, Cleary M, Rathore A, Fein C, Church S, Breuer C. Vascular tissue engineering: Towards the next generation vascular grafts. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 2011, 63: 312-323. PMID: 21421015, DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2011.03.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBone marrow-derived mononuclear cellsClinical trialsAutologous bone marrow-derived mononuclear cellsNext-generation vascular graftsMarrow-derived mononuclear cellsVascular graftsExcellent safety profileFirst clinical trialRisk of infectionBiodegradable tubular scaffoldsTissue engineering technologyPrimary graftSafety profileMononuclear cellsCardiovascular diseaseTubular scaffoldsCardiovascular surgeryGraftSynthetic vascular graftsVascular neotissue formationNeotissue formationContinued investigationTEVGsEngineering technologyTrials