Cell Attachment on Inside-Outside Surface and Cell Encapsulation in Wall of Microscopic Tubular Scaffolds for Vascular Tissue-Like Formation
2018
By using the microfluidic spinning technology we generated tiny hydrogel tubular scaffolds. Fibroblast (NIH/3T3) cell cultures were performed for seventeen days to demonstrate the potential of cell attachment on surfaces and encapsulation in the wall of he microscopic scaffolds for blood vessel-like structure forming. Over theculture period, the NIH/3T3 confluence reached around 80\%, and 100\% on the inside and outside scaffolds’ surface respectively while cells proliferated and coalesced in cell group in the hydrogel wall. These results could further be applied to endothelial co-culturing for forming engineered blood vessel.
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