Vascular tissue engineering scaffolds

Vrana NE, Liu Y, McGuinness GB, Cahill PA (2008) Characteization of poly(vinyl alcohol)/ chitosan hydrogels as vascular tissue engineering scaffolds. Macromol Symp 269 106-110... 

Chung, S. W., Ingle, N. P., Montero, G. A., Kim, S. H. King, M. W. 2010. Bioresorbable elastomeric vascular tissue engineering scaffolds via melt spinning and electrospinning. Acta Biomaterialia, 6, 1958-1967. 

Biodegradable polymers have found other applications that have been commercialised or are under investigation. Anastomosis rings have been developed as an alternative to suturing for intestinal resection. Tissue staples have also replaced sutures in certain procedures. Other applications currently under scrutiny include ligating clips, vascular grafts, stents, and tissue engineering scaffolds. 

Poly(propylene fumarate-co-ethylene glycol) (PF-co-EG) is a hydrophilic block copolymer that can be cross-linked chemically or by UV light. When used as an injectable cell scaffold in bone and vascular tissue engineering, this block copolymer degrades through the ester bonds in the PF blocks. ... 

Zhu C, Fan D, Duan Z et al (2009) Initial investigation of novel human-like collagen/ chitosan scaffold for vascular tissue engineering. J Biomed Mater Res 89A 829-840... 

McGloughlin, T. M. (2008). Fibrin A natural biodegradable scaffold in vascular tissue engineering, 1 333-346. 

Sharifpoor, S., Labow, R. S., Santerre, J. P. (2009). Synthesis and characterization of degradable polar hydrophobic ionic polyurethane scaffolds for vascular tissue engineering applications,... 

M.R. Williamson, R. Black, C. Kielty, PCL-PU composite vascular scaffold production for vascular tissue engineering attachment, proliferation and bioactivity of human vascular endothelial cells. Biomaterials 27 (19) (2006) 3608-3616. 

D. Motlagh, J. Allen, R. Hoshi, J. Yang, K. Lui, G. Ameo-, Hemo-compatibiUty evaluation of poly(diol citrate) in vitro for vascular tissue engineering, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. A lOlA (2007) 907-916. J. Dey, H. Xu, K.T. Nguyen, J. Yang, Crosslinked urethane doped polyester biphasic scaffolds potential fa- in vivo vascular tissue engineering, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. A 95A (2010) 361-370. 

F.M. Shaikh, A. Callanan, E.G. Kavanagh, PE. Burke, PA. Grace, T.M. McGloughUn, Fibrin a natural biodegradable scaffold in vascular tissue engineering. Cells Tissues Organs 188 (4) (2008) 333-346. 

Zhang, G. Suggs, L. J. (2007) Matrices and scaffolds for drug dehvery in vascular tissue engineering. Adv Drug Deliv Rev, 59, 360-73. 

Achilli M, Mantovani D (2010) Tailraing mechanical proptuties of collagtai-based scaffolds for vascular tissue engineering the effects of pH, temperature and ionic strength on gelation. Polymer 2 664-680... 

Schaner PJ, Martin ND, Tulenko TN, Shapiro IM, Tarola NA, Leichter RF, et al. Decellularized vein as a potential scaffold for vascular tissue engineering. J Vase Surg 2004 40 146-53. 

Hajiali, H., Shahgasempour,., Naimi-Jamal, M.R., and Peirovi, H. (2011) Electrospun PGA/gelatin nanofibrous scaffolds and their potential application in vascular tissue engineering. InL J. Nanomedicine, 6, 2133-2141. 

Kong, D., Yang, J. et al. (2012) Gradient nanofibrous chitosan/poly varepsilon-caprolactone scaffolds as extracellular microenvironments for vascular tissue engineering. Biomaterials, 33 (3), 762-770. 

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