Multi-casting approach for vascular networks in cellularized hydrogels.
J R Soc Interface
; 13(125)2016 12.
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| ID: mdl-27928031
ABSTRACT
Vascularization is essential for living tissue and remains a major challenge in the field of tissue engineering. A lack of a perfusable channel network within a large and densely populated tissue engineered construct leads to necrotic core formation, preventing fabrication of functional tissues and organs. We report a new method for producing a hierarchical, three-dimensional (3D) and perfusable vasculature in a large, cellularized fibrin hydrogel. Bifurcating channels, varying in size from 1 mm to 200-250 µm, are formed using a novel process in which we convert a 3D printed thermoplastic material into a gelatin network template, by way of an intermediate alginate hydrogel. This enables a CAD-based model design, which is highly customizable, reproducible, and which can yield highly complex architectures, to be made into a removable material, which can be used in cellular environments. Our approach yields constructs with a uniform and high density of cells in the bulk, made from bioactive collagen and fibrin hydrogels. Using standard cell staining and immuno-histochemistry techniques, we showed good cell seeding and the presence of tight junctions between channel endothelial cells, and high cell viability and cell spreading in the bulk hydrogel.
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Assunto principal:
Hidrogéis
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Alginatos
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Alicerces Teciduais
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Células Endoteliais da Veia Umbilical Humana
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Gelatina
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Humans
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En
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J R Soc Interface
Ano de publicação:
2016
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Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido