Co-culture of human umbilical vein endothelial cells and human bone marrow stromal cells into a micro-cavitary gelatin-methacrylate hydrogel system to enhance angiogenesis

• Main Authors: Liu, Jian, Chuah, Yon Jin, Fu, Jiayin, Zhu, Wenzhen, Wang, Dong-An
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Chemical engineering; Vascularization; Coculture
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151434
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Vascular tissue engineering seeks to develop functional blood vessels that comprise of both endothelial cells and pericytes for translational medicine and is often faced with numerous challenges such as nutrients and wastes diffusion problem in the centre of the scaffolds. Various strategies have be...