Future perspectives in small-diameter vascular graft engineering

P Mallis, A Kostakis, C Stavropoulos-Giokas… - Bioengineering, 2020 - mdpi.com
The increased demands of small-diameter vascular grafts (SDVGs) globally has forced the
scientific society to explore alternative strategies utilizing the tissue engineering …

MatrisomeDB 2.0: 2023 updates to the ECM-protein knowledge database

X Shao, CD Gomez, N Kapoor… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex assembly of proteins that constitutes the scaffold
organizing cells, tissues, and organs. Over the past decade, mass-spectrometry-based …

The application of composite scaffold materials based on decellularized vascular matrix in tissue engineering: a review

J Li, X Chen, M Hu, J Wei, M Nie, J Chen… - BioMedical Engineering …, 2023 - Springer
Decellularized vascular matrix is a natural polymeric biomaterial that comes from arteries or
veins which are removed the cellular contents by physical, chemical and enzymatic means …

Enhancing electrical conductivity and mechanical properties of decellularized umbilical cord arteries using graphene coatings

F Karimi, M Alizadeh, FS Bitaraf… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Traditional decellularized bioscaffolds possessing intact vascular networks and unique
architecture have been extensively studied as conduits for repairing nerve damage …

Controlled and synchronised vascular regeneration upon the implantation of iloprost-and cationic amphiphilic drugs-conjugated tissue-engineered vascular grafts into …

L Antonova, A Kutikhin, V Sevostianova, A Lobov… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Implementation of small-diameter tissue-engineered vascular grafts (TEVGs) into clinical
practice is still delayed due to the frequent complications, including thrombosis, aneurysms …

Extracellular Matrix Interactome in Modulating Vascular Homeostasis and Remodeling

Y Fu, Y Zhou, K Wang, Z Li, W Kong - Circulation Research, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
The ECM (extracellular matrix) is a major component of the vascular microenvironment that
modulates vascular homeostasis. ECM proteins include collagens, elastin, noncollagen …

Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Models for Atherosclerosis Treatment Development

L Tscheuschner, AR Tzafriri - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the early years of tissue engineering, scientists focused on the generation of healthy-like
tissues and organs to replace diseased tissue areas with the aim of filling the gap between …

Integrated view of baseline protein expression in human tissues

A Prakash, D García-Seisdedos, S Wang… - Journal of Proteome …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The availability of proteomics datasets in the public domain, and in the PRIDE database, in
particular, has increased dramatically in recent years. This unprecedented large-scale …

Efficient Decellularization of the Full-Thickness Rat-Derived Abdominal Wall to Produce Acellular Biologic Scaffolds for Tissue Reconstruction: Promising Evidence …

G Skepastianos, P Mallis, E Kostopoulos… - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Functional restoration of abdominal wall defects represents one of the
fundamental challenges of reconstructive surgery. Synthetic grafts or crosslinked animal …

A Comparative Study Between Porcine Peritoneum and Pericardium as Cardiovascular Material

X Peng, C Cheng, L Yue, Y Liu, X Yu - Tissue Engineering Part C …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Decellularized porcine pericardium has many applications in the cardiovascular field for its
excellent properties. The peritoneum is a single-layer bio-dialysis membrane with many …