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ArticleCell reports. Medicine2025

Small-diameter artery grafts engineered from pluripotent stem cells maintain 100% patency in an allogeneic rhesus macaque model.

Jue Zhang, Diana Marcela Tabima, David Vereide, Weifeng Zeng, Nicholas J Albano, Sarah Lyon, Peter J Nicksic, Ellen C Shaffrey, Robert E George, Mitchell D Probasco and 10 more

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Article in Cell reports. Medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Jue ZhangMorgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI 53715, USA. Electronic address: juezhang2020@gmail.com.
Diana Marcela TabimaMorgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI 53715, USA; Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA.
David VereideMorgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI 53715, USA.
Weifeng ZengSchool of Medicine and Public Health, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
Nicholas J AlbanoSchool of Medicine and Public Health, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
Sarah LyonSchool of Medicine and Public Health, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
Peter J NicksicSchool of Medicine and Public Health, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
Ellen C ShaffreySchool of Medicine and Public Health, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
Robert E GeorgeSchool of Medicine and Public Health, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
Mitchell D ProbascoMorgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI 53715, USA.
Elizabeth S PerrinWisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA.
Yiyang XuWisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA.
Matthew E BrownSchool of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
Ron StewartMorgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI 53715, USA.
Naomi C CheslerDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA; Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92617, USA.
Lih-Sheng TurngWisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Samuel O PooreSchool of Medicine and Public Health, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
Igor I SlukvinWisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA; Department of Cell & Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
James A ThomsonMorgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI 53715, USA; Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA.
John P MaufortMorgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI 53715, USA; Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA. Electronic address: jpmaufort@wisc.edu.

Funding

WNPRC Supplemental Request for Nonhuman Primate Enclosures to Equip HIV/AIDS-Related Research FacilitiesP51OD011106 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska · 2012 to 2026
$150.7M
UW COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER SUPPORTP30CA014520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Justine Yang Bruce · 1985 to 2026
$142.6M
Transplantation of MHC Homozygous Vascular Progenitors in PrimatesU01HL134655 · NHLBI · MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, INC. · PI SLUKVIN, IGOR I. · 2016 to 2022
$7.7M
Automated Tissue MicroarrayerS10OD023526 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI MATKOWSKYJ, KRISTINA A. · 2018 to 2018
$184k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014520NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL134655NIH HHS P51 OD011106NIH HHS S10 OD023526
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autologous vascular grafts, the only clinically approved option for small-diameter (<6 mm) revascularizations, require invasive harvesting and have limited availability and variable quality. To address these challenges, we develop a 3-mm-diameter artery graft by using arterial endothelial cells (AECs) derived from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). After establishing technologies for pure AEC generation and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) graft coating, we engineer artery grafts by seeding the inner lumen of ePTFE vascular grafts with either major histocompatibility complex (MHC) mismatched unmodified-wild-type (MHC-WT) AECs or MHC class I/II double knockout (MHC-DKO) AECs. Their function is evaluated in a rhesus arterial interposition grafting model. MHC-WT grafts maintained 100% patency for 6 months, significantly better than naked and MHC-DKO grafts. Additionally, the endothelium of MHC-WT grafts is repopulated with host cells, supporting long-term patency. Collectively, our study demonstrates that PSC-derived MHC-WT artery grafts provide an unlimited homogenous resource for allogeneic arterial revascularization.

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ArteriesBlood Vessel ProsthesisPluripotent Stem CellsTissue EngineeringVascular PatencyAnimalsEndothelial CellsMacaca mulattaTransplantation, Homologousallogeneicarteryendothelial cellsePTFE vascular graftsissue-engineeringperipheral bypasspluripotent stem cellsrhesus macaquesmall-diameter vascular graftsvascular disease

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PMID40068684
PMCPMC11970380

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