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Generation and Grafting of Tissue-engineered Vessels in a Mouse Model
Published on: March 18, 2015
[Human blood vessels created with tissue engineering]
Jean-Claude Stoclet1, Karina Laflamme, François A Auger
1Laboratoire de pharmacologie et physicochimie des interactions cellulaires et moléculaires, UMR Cnrs 7034, Faculté de pharmacie, BP 24, 74, route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France.
Abstract:
Progress in tissue engineering now allows the recreation of functional blood vessels from cultured human vascular cells. When reconstructed under specific conditions, their structure, mechanical properties and function (especially vasomotricity) allow them to be used as human models for studying the biology and pharmacology of blood vessels. These models may help to circumvent the limitations in the obtention and use of native human blood vessels for experimental purpose.

