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ReviewCritical reviews in biomedical engineering2013

Manipulating the microvasculature and its microenvironment.

Laxminarayanan Krishnan, Carlos C Chang, Sara S Nunes, Stuart K Williams, Jeffrey A Weiss, James B Hoying

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Review in Critical reviews in biomedical engineering, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Laxminarayanan KrishnanGeorgia Institute of Technology.
Carlos C ChangCardiovascular Innovation Institute, Louisville, KY.
Sara S NunesDivision of Experimental Therapeutics, Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Stuart K WilliamsCardiovascular Innovation Institute, Louisville, KY.
Jeffrey A WeissDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112.
James B HoyingCardiovascular Innovation Institute, Louisville, KY.

Funding

Angiogenesis and the Extracellular MatrixR01HL077683 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI WEISS, JEFFREY A. · 2004 to 2011
$3.8M
Fabricated Microvascular NetworksR01EB007556 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI HOYING, JAMES B · 2007 to 2010
$2.0M
A Prevascularized Islet Immunoisolation DeviceR01DK078175 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI WILLIAMS, STUART K · 2008 to 2011
$1.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL077683NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL077683NIBIB NIH HHS EB007556NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB007556NIDDK NIH HHS DK078175NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK078175
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The microvasculature is a dynamic cellular system necessary for tissue health and function. Therapeutic strategies that target the microvasculature are expanding and evolving, including those promoting angiogenesis and microvascular expansion. When considering how to manipulate angiogenesis, either as part of a tissue construction approach or a therapy to improve tissue blood flow, it is important to know the microenvironmental factors that regulate and direct neovessel sprouting and growth. Much is known concerning both diffusible and matrix-bound angiogenic factors, which stimulate and guide angiogenic activity. How the other aspects of the extravascular microenvironment, including tissue biomechanics and structure, influence new vessel formation is less well known. Recent research, however, is providing new insights into these mechanisms and demonstrating that the extent and character of angiogenesis (and the resulting new microcirculation) is significantly affected. These observations and the resulting implications with respect to tissue construction and microvascular therapy are addressed.

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AnimalsCellular MicroenvironmentHemodynamicsHumansMicrocirculationMicrovesselsModels, CardiovascularNeovascularization, Physiologic

Identifiers

PMID24580565
PMCPMC4096003

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