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ArticleOrganogenesis

Tissue engineering of a collagen-based vascular media: Demonstration of functionality.

Stacey C Schutte, Zhenzhen Chen, Kelvin G M Brockbank, Robert M Nerem

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Article in Organogenesis. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Collagen-Based Tissue Engineering Strategies for Vascular Medicine.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Stacey C SchutteInstitute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Zhenzhen Chen
Kelvin G M Brockbank
Robert M Nerem
AID Atlanta · USCell and Tissue Systems (United States) · USGeorgia Institute of Technology · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The property of vasoactivity is important for both resistance vessels and larger arteries. Evaluation of smooth muscle cell phenotype is often done in place of functional testing in engineered tissues, assuming a direct correlation between cell phenotype and tissue contractile force. In this study we look at a large panel of vasoactive agents to determine the functionality of our collagen-based tissue. The engineered vascular media elicited a measurable change in force in response to seven of the nine agents used. As part of this characterization, TGF-β1 and TNF-α were used to promote a more contractile and synthetic cell phenotype respectively. Both smooth muscle α-actin and vasoconstriction were evaluated in ring sections. Due to large differences in cell-compaction and cell distribution in the tissues, no correlation was found between α-actin expression and contractile strength. This highlights the need for functional testing of engineered tissue and the importance of cell-matrix interactions in vasoactivity.

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CollagenTissue EngineeringAnimalsAortaCell Culture TechniquesImmunohistochemistryRatsTunica MediaVasodilator AgentsCollagenVasodilator Agents

Identifiers

PMID21220958
PMCPMC3055645
OpenAlexW2004888946

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