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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Modulation of In Vitro Angiogenesis in a Three-Dimensional Spheroidal Coculture Model for Bone Tissue Engineering

A Wenger, A Stahl, H Weber, G Finkenzeller… - Tissue …, 2004 - liebertpub.com
One of the major challenges in tissue engineering of bone substitutes remains
vascularization of the transplant. We have developed a three-dimensional collagen-based …

Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) co-culture with osteogenic cells: from molecular communication to engineering prevascularised bone grafts

I Kocherova, A Bryja, P Mozdziak… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The repair of bone defects caused by trauma, infection or tumor resection is a major clinical
orthopedic challenge. The application of bone grafts in orthopedic procedures is associated …

Endothelial cells enhance the in vivo bone-forming ability of osteogenic cell sheets

RP Pirraco, T Iwata, T Yoshida, AP Marques… - Laboratory …, 2014 - nature.com
Addressing the problem of vascularization is of vital importance when engineering three-
dimensional (3D) tissues. Endothelial cells are increasingly used in tissue-engineered …

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 …

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 …

3D printed HUVECs/MSCs cocultures impact cellular interactions and angiogenesis depending on cell-cell distance

C Piard, A Jeyaram, Y Liu, J Caccamese, SM Jay… - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
Vascularization is a crucial process during the growth and development of bone 1, yet it
remains one of the main challenges in the reconstruction of large bone defects. The use of in …