2014
Mesenchymal stromal cells form vascular tubes when placed in fibrin sealant and accelerate wound healing in vivo
Mendez JJ, Ghaedi M, Sivarapatna A, Dimitrievska S, Shao Z, Osuji CO, Steinbacher DM, Leffell DJ, Niklason LE. Mesenchymal stromal cells form vascular tubes when placed in fibrin sealant and accelerate wound healing in vivo. Biomaterials 2014, 40: 61-71. PMID: 25433608, PMCID: PMC4268422, DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.11.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnimalsBiomarkersCollagenDisease Models, AnimalEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleFibrin Tissue AdhesiveFibroblast Growth Factor 2Flow CytometryHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleMesenchymal Stem CellsMice, Inbred C57BLMiddle AgedNeovascularization, PhysiologicReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRheologySubcutaneous TissueWound HealingConceptsAdipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cellsMesenchymal stromal cellsGranulation tissueStromal cellsPericyte marker NG2VE-cadherinWound healingPublic health problemMarkers of endotheliumDays of healingSubcutaneous injectionPresence of bFGFFibrin gelAmount of bFGFHAT-MSCsFibrin sealantWound sizeHealth problemsChronic woundsConfocal imaging analysisInsufficient angiogenesis
2011
Readily Available Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts
Dahl SL, Kypson AP, Lawson JH, Blum JL, Strader JT, Li Y, Manson RJ, Tente WE, DiBernardo L, Hensley MT, Carter R, Williams TP, Prichard HL, Dey MS, Begelman KG, Niklason LE. Readily Available Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts. Science Translational Medicine 2011, 3: 68ra9. PMID: 21289273, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3001426.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTissue-engineered vascular graftsVascular graftsMechanical propertiesSynthetic graftsAutologous tissueCoronary artery bypassCanine smooth muscle cellsPolyglycolic acid scaffoldsTissue engineeringHuman vascular graftsSmooth muscle cellsSynthetic vascular graftsArtery bypassSuch patientsArteriovenous accessArterial bypassHuman blood vesselsCardiovascular diseaseExcellent patencyBaboon modelIntimal hyperplasiaDog modelCellular materialPatientsGraft