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ArticleScience advances2020

Extracellular matrix compression temporally regulates microvascular angiogenesis.

M A Ruehle, E A Eastburn, S A LaBelle, L Krishnan, J A Weiss, J D Boerckel, L B Wood, R E Guldberg, N J Willett

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Article in Science advances, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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54citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

54 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

M A RuehleParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8479-5653
E A EastburnParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
S A LaBelleDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3857-7396
L KrishnanParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3519-5341
J A WeissDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7264-2454
J D BoerckelDepartments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania Center for Engineering Mechanobiology Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3126-3025
L B WoodParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4248-0888
R E GuldbergParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0303-261X
N J WillettParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. nick.willett@emory.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3421-2549
Georgia Institute of Technology · USUniversity of Utah · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Regenerative Rehabilitation of Complex Musculoskeletal InjuriesR01AR069297 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF OREGON · PI ROBERT E Guldberg · 2016 to 2026
$5.6M
Osteoprogenitor mobilization for bone development and repairR01AR073809 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BOERCKEL, JOEL D · 2019 to 2023
$1.7M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR069297NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR073809RRD VA I01 RX001985
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mechanical cues influence tissue regeneration, and although vasculature is known to be mechanically sensitive, little is known about the effects of bulk extracellular matrix deformation on the nascent vessel networks found in healing tissues. Previously, we found that dynamic matrix compression in vivo potently regulated revascularization during bone tissue regeneration; however, whether matrix deformations directly regulate angiogenesis remained unknown. Here, we demonstrated that load initiation time, magnitude, and mode all regulate microvascular growth, as well as upstream angiogenic and mechanotransduction signaling pathways. Immediate load initiation inhibited angiogenesis and expression of early sprout tip cell selection genes, while delayed loading enhanced microvascular network formation and upstream signaling pathways. This research provides foundational understanding of how extracellular matrix mechanics regulate angiogenesis and has critical implications for clinical translation of new regenerative medicine therapies and physical rehabilitation strategies designed to enhance revascularization during tissue regeneration.

Indexed as

Mechanotransduction, CellularNeovascularization, PhysiologicBone RegenerationExtracellular MatrixHumansNeovascularization, Pathologic

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PMID32937368
PMCPMC7442478
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