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Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Conditioned Media-Loaded Microparticles Enhance Acute Patency in Silk-Based Vascular Grafts by Lorentz, Katherine L, Marini, Ande X, Bruk, Liza A, Gupta, Prerak, Mandal, Biman B, DiLeo, Morgan V, Weinbaum, Justin S, Little, Steven R, Vorp, David A

“…Coronary artery disease leads to over 360,000 deaths annually in the United States, and off-the-shelf bypass graft options are currently limited and/or have…”
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Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Primary Adipose Stromal Cells Induce Elastin and Collagen Deposition by Smooth Muscle Cells within 3D Fibrin Gel Culture by Cunnane, Eoghan M, Ramaswamy, Aneesh K, Lorentz, Katherine L, Vorp, David A, Weinbaum, Justin S

“…Macromolecular components of the vascular extracellular matrix (ECM), particularly elastic fibers and collagen fibers, are critical for the proper…”
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Adipose-derived stromal cell secreted factors induce the elastogenesis cascade within 3D aortic smooth muscle cell constructs by Ramaswamy, Aneesh K., Sides, Rachel E., Cunnane, Eoghan M., Lorentz, Katherine L., Reines, Leila M., Vorp, David A., Weinbaum, Justin S.

“…Elastogenesis within the medial layer of the aortic wall involves a cascade of events orchestrated primarily by smooth muscle cells, including transcription of…”
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Development of a Semi-Automated, Bulk Seeding Device for Large Animal Model Implantation of Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts by Cunnane, Eoghan M., Lorentz, Katherine L., Soletti, Lorenzo, Ramaswamy, Aneesh K., Chung, Timothy K., Haskett, Darren G., Luketich, Samuel K., Tzeng, Edith, D’Amore, Antonio, Wagner, William R., Weinbaum, Justin S., Vorp, David A.

“…Vascular tissue engineering is a field of regenerative medicine that restores tissue function to defective sections of the vascular network by bypass or…”
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Bioresorbable silk grafts for small diameter vascular tissue engineering applications: In vitro and in vivo functional analysis by Gupta, Prerak, Lorentz, Katherine L., Haskett, Darren G., Cunnane, Eoghan M., Ramaswamy, Aneesh K., Weinbaum, Justin S., Vorp, David A., Mandal, Biman B.

“…The success of tissue-engineered vascular graft (TEVG) predominantly relies on the selection of a suitable biomaterial and graft design. Natural biopolymer…”
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Mechanical, compositional and morphological characterisation of the human male urethra for the development of a biomimetic tissue engineered urethral scaffold by Cunnane, Eoghan M., Davis, Niall F., Cunnane, Connor V., Lorentz, Katherine L., Ryan, Alan J., Hess, Jochen, Weinbaum, Justin S., Walsh, Michael T., O'Brien, Fergal J., Vorp, David A.

“…This study addresses a crucial gap in the literature by characterising the relationship between urethral tissue mechanics, composition and gross structure. We…”
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Extracellular Vesicles Enhance the Remodeling of Cell-Free Silk Vascular Scaffolds in Rat Aortae by Cunnane, Eoghan M, Lorentz, Katherine L, Ramaswamy, Aneesh K, Gupta, Prerak, Mandal, Biman B, O'Brien, Fergal J, Weinbaum, Justin S, Vorp, David A

“…Vascular tissue engineering is aimed at developing regenerative vascular grafts to restore tissue function by bypassing or replacing defective arterial…”
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CCL2 loaded microparticles promote acute patency in silk-based vascular grafts implanted in rat aortae by Lorentz, Katherine L., Gupta, Prerak, Shehabeldin, Mostafa S., Cunnane, Eoghan M., Ramaswamy, Aneesh K., Verdelis, Konstantinos, DiLeo, Morgan V., Little, Steven R., Weinbaum, Justin S., Sfeir, Charles S., Mandal, Biman B., Vorp, David A.

“…Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, often associated with coronary artery occlusion. A common intervention for arterial blockage…”
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An exploratory study on the preparation and evaluation of a “same-day” adipose stem cell–based tissue-engineered vascular graft by Haskett, Darren G., Saleh, Kamiel S., Lorentz, Katherine L., Josowitz, Alexander D., Luketich, Samuel K., Weinbaum, Justin S., Kokai, Lauren E., D'Amore, Antonio, Marra, Kacey G., Rubin, J. Peter, Wagner, William R., Vorp, David A.

“…Tissue-engineered vascular grafts containing adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells offer an alternative to small-diameter vascular grafts currently used in…”
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An Exploratory Study into the Preparation and Evaluation of a “Same-Day” Adipose Stem Cell-Based TEVG by Haskett, Darren G, Saleh, Kamiel A, Lorentz, Katherine L, Josowitz, Alex D, Luketich, Samuel K, Weinbaum, Justin S, Kokai, Lauren E, D’Amore, Antonio, Marra, Kacey G, Rubin, J Peter, Wagner, William R, Vorp, David A

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