Endothelial cells assemble into a 3-dimensional prevascular network in a bone tissue engineering construct

J Rouwkema, JD Boer, CAV Blitterswijk - Tissue engineering, 2006 - liebertpub.com
To engineer tissues with clinically relevant dimensions, one must overcome the challenge of
rapidly creating functional blood vessels to supply cells with oxygen and nutrients and to …

Microvessel-like structures from outgrowth endothelial cells from human peripheral blood in 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional co-cultures with osteoblastic lineage …

S Fuchs, A Hofmann, CJ Kirkpatrick - Tissue engineering, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Tissue regeneration involves complex processes in the interaction between different cell
types that control the process of neo-vascularization. In bone, osteoblasts and bone marrow …

The use of endothelial progenitor cells for prevascularized bone tissue engineering

J Rouwkema, PE Westerweel, J de Boer… - … Engineering Part A, 2009 - liebertpub.com
In vitro vascularization is an upcoming strategy to solve the problem of insufficient blood
supply after implantation. Although recent publications show promising results, these studies …

In vitro model of vascularized bone: synergizing vascular development and osteogenesis

C Correia, WL Grayson, M Park, D Hutton, B Zhou… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Tissue engineering provides unique opportunities for regenerating diseased or damaged
tissues using cells obtained from tissue biopsies. Tissue engineered grafts can also be used …

In vivo engineering of a human vasculature for bone tissue engineering applications

L Steffens, A Wenger, GB Stark… - Journal of cellular and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The neovascularization of three‐dimensional voluminous tissues, such as bone, represents
an important challenge in tissue engineering applications. The formation of a preformed …

The role of endothelial progenitor cells in prevascularized bone tissue engineering: development of heterogeneous constructs

NE Fedorovich, RT Haverslag, WJA Dhert… - … Engineering Part A, 2010 - liebertpub.com
In vitro prevascularization of bone grafts with endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) is a
promising strategy to improveimplant survival. In this study we show bone formation in …

Promotion of osteogenesis in tissue‐engineered bone by pre‐seeding endothelial progenitor cells‐derived endothelial cells

H Yu, PJ VandeVord, W Gong, B Wu… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In addition to a biocompatible scaffold and an osteogenic cell population, tissue‐engineered
bone requires an appropriate vascular bed to overcome the obstacle of nutrient and oxygen …

Endothelial cells support osteogenesis in an in vitro vascularized bone model developed by 3D bioprinting

I Chiesa, C De Maria, A Lapomarda, GM Fortunato… - …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Bone is a highly vascularized tissue, in which vascularization and mineralization are
concurrent processes during skeletal development. Indeed, both components should be …

Cell-to-cell communication between osteogenic and endothelial lineages: implications for tissue engineering

M Grellier, L Bordenave, J Amedee - Trends in biotechnology, 2009 - cell.com
There have been extensive research efforts to develop new strategies for bone tissue
engineering. These have mainly focused on vascularization during the development and …

The effect of human osteoblasts on proliferation and neo-vessel formation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells in a long-term 3D co-culture on polyurethane …

A Hofmann, U Ritz, S Verrier, D Eglin, M Alini, S Fuchs… - Biomaterials, 2008 - Elsevier
Angiogenesis is a key element in early wound healing and is considered important for tissue
regeneration and for directing inflammatory cells to the wound site. The improvement of …