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In Vitro Atherosclerosis Disease Model Via The Ring Stacking Method, Cameron Brandon Pinnock
In Vitro Atherosclerosis Disease Model Via The Ring Stacking Method, Cameron Brandon Pinnock
Wayne State University Dissertations
Creation of an in vitro atherosclerotic disease model using the novel Ring Stacking Method. Singular self-assembling tissue rings made up smooth muscle cells and fibrin hydrogel are stacked on one another to create a tissue engineered vessel. These biologically engineered blood vessels are then seeded with endothelial cells via combined static rotational and dynamic bioreactor in order to create a functional intima layer. Early stage atherosclerosis was induced via the addition of oxidized low-density lipoproteins (ox-LDL) to the fibrin hydrogel that creates the media layer of the engineered vessel. After the creation of the intima layer the engineered vessel was …