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Modular Assembly Approach to Engineer Geometrically Precise Cardiovascular Tissue.


ABSTRACT: This modular assembly approach to microfabricate functional cardiovascular tissue composites enables quantitative assessment of the effects of microarchitecture on cellular function. Cardiac and endothelial modules are micromolded separately, designed to direct cardiomyocyte alignment and anisotropic contraction or vascular network formation. Assembled cardiovascular tissue composites contract synchronously, facilitating the use of this tissue-engineering platform to study structure-function relationships in the heart.

SUBMITTER: Lee BW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4836958 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Modular Assembly Approach to Engineer Geometrically Precise Cardiovascular Tissue.

Lee Benjamin W BW   Liu Bohao B   Pluchinsky Adam A   Kim Nathan N   Eng George G   Vunjak-Novakovic Gordana G  

Advanced healthcare materials 20160210 8


This modular assembly approach to microfabricate functional cardiovascular tissue composites enables quantitative assessment of the effects of microarchitecture on cellular function. Cardiac and endothelial modules are micromolded separately, designed to direct cardiomyocyte alignment and anisotropic contraction or vascular network formation. Assembled cardiovascular tissue composites contract synchronously, facilitating the use of this tissue-engineering platform to study structure-function rel  ...[more]

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