Vascularization in Tissue Engineering

Author(s): Tianyi Zhang and Xiaoxiao Cai

DOI: 10.2174/9789811475849120010007

Vascularization in Co-Culture Systems

Pp: 70-101 (32)

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

Abstract

Since endothelial cells are not able to create capillaries by themselves, proangiogenic factors are indispensable for endothelial cells to migrate and form microcapillaries. Thus, exogenous proangiogenic compounds are needed to improve the formation of microcapillary-like structures. Multiple forms of cell-cell interactions could result in the production of essential proangiogenic factors in co-culture systems. Many studies have examined that the co-culture systems of endothelial cells and other cell types, such as osteoblasts or mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), can facilitate the formation of capillary-like structures. The focus of this chapter is threefold: (1) Informing the biological function of vascularization in the physiological environment. (2) Introducing typical co-culture system models for vascularization. (3) Identifying the proangiogenic factors that play crucial roles in the formation of capillary-like structures.

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