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Phenotype modulation in vascular tissue engineering using biochemical and mechanical stimulation.
Annals of biomedical engineering - 1 Apr 2003
Stegemann Jan P, Nerem Robert M
Abstract excerpt
Biochemical stimulation was applied in combination with cyclic mechanical strain to engineered vascular constructs made of isolated smooth muscle cells in a three-dimensional (3D) collagen type 1 matrix. Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) were added exogenously to the medium used to culture the constructs. Mechanical stimulation was applied using a bioreactor...
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