Umbilical Cord Pericytes Provide a Viable Alternative to Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Neonatal Vascular Engineering

Umbilical Cord Pericytes Provide a Viable Alternative to Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Neonatal Vascular Engineering

Reconstructive surgery of congenital heart disease (CHD) remains inadequate due to the inability of prosthetic grafts to match the somatic growth of pediatric patients. Functionalization of grafts with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) may provide a solution. However, MSCs represent a heterogeneous popu...

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Main Authors: William Cathery, Ashton Faulkner, Eva Jover, Iker Rodriguez-Arabaolaza, Anita C. Thomas, Elisa Avolio, Massimo Caputo, Paolo Madeddu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
pericytes
tissue engineering
vascular grafts
regenerative medicine
congenital heart disease
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2020.609980/full

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