Tissue engineering human small-caliber autologous vessels using a xenogenous decellularized connective tissue matrix approach: Preclinical comparative biomechanical studies

Artificial Organs

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 930-940

  Heine, Jörg ^a,b,c   Schmiedl, Andreas ^a   Cebotari, Serghei ^a,b   Karck, Matthias ^a,d   Mertsching, Heike ^a,b,e   Haverich, Axel ^a,b   Kallenbach, Klaus ^a,b,d  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Leibniz Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Artificial Organs (LEBAO)   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INTERFACIAL ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IGB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomedical engineering; Blood vessel; Endothelial cells; Matrix; Mechanical effects; Strain; Tensile strength; Tissue development and growth; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CELL ENGINEERING; COLLAGEN; CYTOLOGY; ELASTIC MODULI; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TENSILE STRENGTH; YIELD STRESS;

BIOMECHANICAL STRESS; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; DECELLULARIZED; ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS; IN-VITRO; MATRIX; MECHANICAL EFFECTS; TISSUE DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; CIRCULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL CALIBER AUTOLOGOUS VESSEL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 80053634787     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2010.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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