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A Drop-on-Demand Bioprinting Approach to Spatially Arrange Multiple Cell Types and Monitor Their Cell-Cell Interactions towards Vascularization Based on Endothelial Cells and Mesenchymal Stem Cells.

Joshua Weygant, Fritz Koch, Katrin Adam, Kevin Tröndle, Roland Zengerle, Günter Finkenzeller, Sabrina Kartmann, Peter Koltay, Stefan Zimmermann

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Article in Cells, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Joshua WeygantLaboratory for MEMS Applications, IMTEK-Department of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Georges-Koehler-Allee 103, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany.
Fritz KochLaboratory for MEMS Applications, IMTEK-Department of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Georges-Koehler-Allee 103, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany.
Katrin AdamDepartment of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetterstraße 55, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany.
Kevin TröndleLaboratory for MEMS Applications, IMTEK-Department of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Georges-Koehler-Allee 103, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany.
Roland ZengerleLaboratory for MEMS Applications, IMTEK-Department of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Georges-Koehler-Allee 103, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany.
Günter FinkenzellerDepartment of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetterstraße 55, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany.
Sabrina KartmannLaboratory for MEMS Applications, IMTEK-Department of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Georges-Koehler-Allee 103, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6437-1033
Peter KoltayLaboratory for MEMS Applications, IMTEK-Department of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Georges-Koehler-Allee 103, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9150-5762
Stefan ZimmermannLaboratory for MEMS Applications, IMTEK-Department of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Georges-Koehler-Allee 103, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0715-3184
University of Freiburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spheroids, organoids, or cell-laden droplets are often used as building blocks for bioprinting, but so far little is known about the spatio-temporal cellular interactions subsequent to printing. We used a drop-on-demand bioprinting approach to study the biological interactions of such building blocks in dimensions of micrometers. Highly-density droplets (approximately 700 cells in 10 nL) of multiple cell types were patterned in a 3D hydrogel matrix with a precision of up to 70 μm. The patterns were used to investigate interactions of endothelial cells (HUVECs) and adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ASCs), which are related to vascularization. We demonstrated that a gap of 200 μm between HUVEC and ASC aggregates led to decreased sprouting of HUVECs towards ASCs and increased growth from ASCs towards HUVECs. For mixed aggregates containing both cell types, cellular interconnections of ASCs with lengths of up to approximately 800 µm and inhibition of HUVEC sprouting were observed. When ASCs were differentiated into smooth muscle cells (dASCs), separate HUVEC aggregates displayed decreased sprouting towards dASCs, whereas no cellular interconnections nor inhibition of HUVEC sprouting were detected for mixed dASCs/HUVEC aggregates. These findings demonstrate that our approach could be applied to investigate cell-cell interactions of different cell types in 3D co-cultures.

Indexed as

BioprintingMesenchymal Stem CellsCell CommunicationHumansHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsHydrogelsHydrogelsbiofabricationbioprintingdrop-on-demand printingendothelial cellsstem cellsvascularization

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PMID36831313
PMCPMC9953911
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