Abstract
With the aging population, the demand for artificial small diameter vascular grafts is constantly increasing, as the availability of autologous grafts is limited due to vascular diseases. A confluent lining with endothelial cells is considered to be a cornerstone for long-term patency of artificial small diameter grafts. We use bacterial nanocellulose off-the-shelf grafts and describe a detailed methodology to study the ability of these grafts to re-colonize with endothelial cells in an in vitro bioreactor model. The viability of the constructs generated in this process was investigated using established cell culture and tissue engineering methods, which includes WST-1 proliferation assay, AcLDL uptake assay, lactate balancing and histological characterization. The data generated this straight forward methodology allow an initial assessment of the principal prospects of success in forming a stable endothelium in artificial vascular prostheses.
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Wacker, M. et al. (2021). Bacterial Nanocellulose-Based Grafts for Cell Colonization Studies: An In Vitro Bioreactor Perfusion Model. In: Turksen, K. (eds) Bioreactors in Stem Cell Biology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2436. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/7651_2021_417
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