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Engineered microenvironments for synergistic VEGF - Integrin signalling during vascularization.
Biomaterials - 1 May 2017
Moulisová Vladimíra, Gonzalez-García Cristina, Cantini Marco, Rodrigo-Navarro Aleixandre, Weaver Jessica, Costell Mercedes, Sabater I Serra Roser, Dalby Matthew J, García Andrés J, Salmerón-Sánchez Manuel
Abstract excerpt
We have engineered polymer-based microenvironments that promote vasculogenesis both in vitro and in vivo through synergistic integrin-growth factor receptor signalling. Poly(ethyl acrylate) (PEA) triggers spontaneous organization of fibronectin (FN) into nanonetworks which provide availability of critical binding domains. Importantly, the growth factor binding (FNIII12-14) and integrin binding (FNIII9-10) regions...
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