2008
Engineering angiogenesis following spinal cord injury: a coculture of neural progenitor and endothelial cells in a degradable polymer implant leads to an increase in vessel density and formation of the blood–spinal cord barrier
Rauch MF, Hynes SR, Bertram J, Redmond A, Robinson R, Williams C, Xu H, Madri JA, Lavik EB. Engineering angiogenesis following spinal cord injury: a coculture of neural progenitor and endothelial cells in a degradable polymer implant leads to an increase in vessel density and formation of the blood–spinal cord barrier. European Journal Of Neuroscience 2008, 29: 132-145. PMID: 19120441, PMCID: PMC2764251, DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06567.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAbsorbable ImplantsAnimalsBlood VesselsBlood-Brain BarrierCells, CulturedCoculture TechniquesDisease Models, AnimalEndothelial CellsFemaleGlycolatesHydrogelsLactic AcidMicrocirculationNeovascularization, PhysiologicPolyglycolic AcidPolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid CopolymerRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRats, TransgenicSpinal CordSpinal Cord InjuriesStem Cell TransplantationTissue EngineeringTissue ScaffoldsTreatment OutcomeConceptsBlood-spinal cord barrierSpinal cord injuryCord injuryNeural progenitor cellsEndothelial cellsPositive stainingRat hemisection modelEndothelial barrier antigenFunctional vesselsRole of angiogenesisInjury epicenterSimilar coculturesSpinal cordNPC groupHemisection modelEC groupVessel densityLesion controlInjuryNeural regenerationProgenitor cellsAngiogenesisNeural progenitorsSubcutaneous modelCoculture
1997
An in vitro three-dimensional coculture model of cerebral microvascular angiogenesis and differentiation
Ment L, Stewart W, Scaramuzzino D, Madri J. An in vitro three-dimensional coculture model of cerebral microvascular angiogenesis and differentiation. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal 1997, 33: 684-691. PMID: 9358284, DOI: 10.1007/s11626-997-0126-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAstrocytesBrainCell DifferentiationCoculture TechniquesDogsEndothelium, VascularEnzyme ActivationFibronectinsImmunohistochemistryLamininMicrocirculationMicroscopy, ConfocalMicroscopy, FluorescenceModels, BiologicalNeovascularization, PhysiologicRatsRNA, MessengerUrokinase-Type Plasminogen ActivatorConceptsAstrocyte coculturesThree-dimensional cocultureBrain microvascular endothelial cellsNewborn beagle pupsPostnatal day 1Microvascular endothelial cellsNeonatal rat forebrainCell typesPlasminogen activator activityPreterm birthMicrovascular responsesBeagle pupsThree-dimensional coculture modelDay 1Rat forebrainGlial processesEndothelial proliferationMicrovascular angiogenesisEndothelial cellsCoculture modelPlasminogen zymographyOnly low levelsExtracellular matrix componentsTube formationCoculture