[HTML][HTML] In vitro fluidic systems: Applying shear stress on endothelial cells

F Meng, H Cheng, J Qian, X Dai, Y Huang… - Medicine in Novel …, 2022 - Elsevier
Endothelial cells (ECs) that reside on the surface of blood vessels are constantly exposed to
mechanical stimulation, including shear stress. Fluid shear stress (FSS) controls multiple …

Mechanical regulation of the early stages of angiogenesis

S Barrasa-Ramos, CA Dessalles… - Journal of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Favouring or thwarting the development of a vascular network is essential in fields as
diverse as oncology, cardiovascular disease or tissue engineering. As a result …

Extracellular matrix stiffness regulates microvascular stability by controlling endothelial paracrine signaling to determine pericyte fate

Y Yu, Y Leng, X Song, J Mu, L Ma, L Yin… - … and Vascular Biology, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: The differentiation of pericytes into myofibroblasts causes microvascular
degeneration, ECM (extracellular matrix) accumulation, and tissue stiffening, characteristics …

[HTML][HTML] A micro-channel array in a tissue engineered vessel graft guides vascular morphogenesis for anastomosis with self-assembled vascular networks

B Zohar, L Debbi, M Machour, N Nachum, I Redenski… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Vascularization of 3D engineered tissues poses a great challenge in the field of tissue
engineering. One promising approach for vascularizing engineered tissue is cocultivation …

Exploring endothelial expansion on a chip

J Konopka, D Kołodziejek, M Flont, A Żuchowska… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Angiogenesis is the development of new blood vessels from the existing vasculature. Its
malfunction leads to the development of cancers and cardiovascular diseases qualified by …

Microfluidic organ chip of fluid–solid dynamic curved interface

H Su, T Ma, X Liu, L Wang, F Shu, Z Liang… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Dynamic curved interfaces are fundamental and ubiquitous structures in biological systems.
However, replicating the structure and function associated with these interfaces for …

A review of functional analysis of endothelial cells in flow chambers

M Ohta, N Sakamoto, K Funamoto, Z Wang… - Journal of Functional …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The vascular endothelial cells constitute the innermost layer. The cells are exposed to
mechanical stress by the flow, causing them to express their functions. To elucidate the …

Replacement in angiogenesis research: Studying mechanisms of blood vessel development by animal-free in vitro, in vivo and in silico approaches

MW Laschke, Y Gu, MD Menger - Frontiers in physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Angiogenesis, the development of new blood vessels from pre-existing ones, is an essential
process determining numerous physiological and pathological conditions. Accordingly …

Soluble vascular endothelial glycocalyx proteoglycans as potential therapeutic targets in inflammatory diseases

M Kunnathattil, P Rahul, T Skaria - Immunology and Cell …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Reducing the activity of cytokines and leukocyte extravasation is an emerging therapeutic
strategy to limit tissue‐damaging inflammatory responses and restore immune homeostasis …

A nanoporous hydrogel-based model to study chemokine gradient-driven angiogenesis under luminal flow

N Mote, S Kubik, WJ Polacheck, BM Baker… - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The growth of new blood vessels through angiogenesis is a highly coordinated process,
which is initiated by chemokine gradients that activate endothelial cells within a perfused …