Chapter title |
3D Anastomosed Microvascular Network Model with Living Capillary Networks and Endothelial Cell-Lined Microfluidic Channels
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Chapter number | 24 |
Book title |
3D Cell Culture
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, June 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7021-6_24 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-7019-3, 978-1-4939-7021-6
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Authors |
Xiaolin Wang, Duc T. T. Phan, Steven C. George, Christopher C. W. Hughes Ph.D., Abraham P. Lee Ph.D., Wang, Xiaolin, Phan, Duc T. T., George, Steven C., Hughes, Christopher C. W., Lee, Abraham P., Christopher C. W. Hughes, Abraham P. Lee |
Editors |
Zuzana Koledova |
Abstract |
This protocol describes detailed practical procedures for generating 3D intact and perfusable microvascular network that connects to microfluidic channels without appreciable leakage. This advanced 3D microvascular network model incorporates different stages of vascular development including vasculogenesis, endothelial cell (EC) lining, sprouting angiogenesis, and anastomosis in sequential order. The capillary network is first induced via vasculogenesis in a middle tissue chamber and then EC linings along the microfluidic channel on either side serve as artery and vein. The anastomosis is then induced by sprouting angiogenesis to facilitate tight interconnection between the artery/vein and the capillary network. This versatile device design and its robust construction methodology establish a physiological microcirculation transport model of interconnected perfused vessels from artery to vascularized tissue to vein. |
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