National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFA1105100);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32301102;32171323);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(YCJJ20230215);Science,Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality(KCXFZ20211020164544008);Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen(SZSM201812055).
Current gold standard for the replacement of small-diameter blood vessel(ID<4 mm)is still to utilize the autologous vessels of patients due to the limitations of small-diameter vascular grafts(SDVG)on weak endothelial...
supported by the National Natural Science Fund of China(81873923);Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(19KJA310001 and PAPD);Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials.
Nitric oxide(NO)and hydrogen sulfide(H_(2)S)gasotransmitters exhibit potential therapeutic effects in the car-diovascular system.Herein,biomimicking multilayer structures of biological blood vessels,bilayer smalldiame...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)projects 81921004(D.K.),82127808(D.K.),32222043(K.W.),82250610231(A.C.M.);National Key R&D Program of China 2022YFA1105102(K.W.);Tianjin Natural Science Foundation 20JCYBJC01150(K.W.);Tianjin Natural Science Foundation 18JCZDJC37600(K.W.);NCC Fund NCC2020PY18(K.W.);Tianjin"Project+Team"Key Training Foundation XC202035(K.W.).
Vascular regeneration and patency maintenance,without anticoagulant administration,represent key developmental trends to enhance small-diameter vascular grafts(SDVG)performance.In vivo engineered autologous biotubes h...
This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health grants[NIH R01HL130274 and R01HL144113];NSERC-CREATE Training in Global Biomedical Technology Research and Innovation at the University of Waterloo[CREATE-509950-2018];Canada Foundation for Innovation(CFI35573);NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Fund(RTI-2018-00220);the Oregon National Primate Research Center NIH grant award[P51OD011092].
Thrombogenesis remains the primary failure of synthetic vascular grafts.Endothelial coverage is crucial to provide an antithrombogenic surface.However,most synthetic materials do not support cell adhesion,and transana...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82170342);the Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Interventional Medicine(No.19DZ2250300);the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2021YFA1201300 and No.2020YFC1316703);the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences(2019-I2M-5-060,2020-JKCS-0154020);the Shanghai Shenkang Hospital Development Center(SHDC2020CR3023B).
An increased level of reactive oxygen species(ROS)plays a major role in endothelial dysfunction and vascular smooth muscle cell(VSMC)proliferation during in-stent thrombosis and restenosis after coronary artery stenti...
The authors are grateful for the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.U1804251);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2017YFB0702504 and 2018YFC1106703).
Magnesium(Mg)and its alloys,as potential biodegradable materials,have drawn wide attention in the cardiovascular stent field because of their appropriate mechanical properties and biocompatibility.Nevertheless,the occ...
Padua Heart Program(CA.RI.PA.RO.Foundation);LIFELAB Program,Consorzio per la Ricerca Sanitaria-CORIS,Veneto Region,Via Giustiniani,2-Padova;JLGR acknowledges financial support from the Spanish State Research Agency(AEI)through the PID2019-106099RB-C41/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 project;CIBER-BBN is an initiative funded by the VI National R&D&I Plan 2008-2011,Iniciativa Ingenio 2010,Consolider Program.CIBER Actions are financed by the Instituto de Salud CarlosⅢwith assistance from the European Regional Development Fund.
In the field of tissue regeneration,the lack of a stable endothelial lining may affect the hemocompatibility of both synthetic and biological replacements.These drawbacks might be prevented by specific biomaterial fun...
supported by The National Science Fund for Outstanding Young Scholars(No:31822021);The Key Research and Development Plan Young Scientists Program(No:2017YFA0106000);The National Key Research and Development Plan(No:2016YFC1101100);National Science Foundation of China(No:31771057).
Tissue-engineered vascular grafts(TEVGs)have enormous potential for vascular replacement therapy.However,thrombosis and intimal hyperplasia are important problems associated with TEVGs especially small diameter TEVGs(...
The authors gratefully acknowledge the support for this work from the National Key research and Development Program(Grant No.2018YFA0703100);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.82072082,31900959);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS(Grant No.2019350);the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.2019A1515011277);the Shenzhen Fundamental Research Foundation(Grant No.JCYJ20180507182237428).
Low patency ratio of small-diameter vascular grafts remains a major challenge due to the occurrence of thrombosis formation and intimal hyperplasia after transplantation.Although developing the functional coating with...
This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82072396,81871490,81571022);Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Translational Medicine(TM202010);Program of Shanghai Academic/Technology Research Leader(19XD1434500);Double Hundred Plan(20191819);the Research Fund of Medicine and Engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University(YG2017MS06).
Vascular diseases are the most prevalent cause of ischemic necrosis of tissue and organ,which even result in dysfunction and death.Vascular regeneration or artificial vascular graft,as the conventional treatment modal...