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In vivo evaluation of bioprinted prevascularized bone tissue.

Rukavina P., Koch F., Wehrle M., Tröndle K., Björn Stark G., Koltay P.

Prospective Study, published in Biotechnol Bioeng (2020) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

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Study type
Prospective Study
Journal
Biotechnol Bioeng (2020)
Country
United States
Reported sample size
—
Source database
PubMed
PMID
32749669
DOI
10.1002/bit.27527
Citations
23

Abstract (original English)

Bioprinting can be considered as a progression of the classical tissue engineering approach, in which cells are randomly seeded into scaffolds. Bioprinting offers the advantage that cells can be placed with high spatial fidelity within three-dimensional tissue constructs. A decisive factor to be addressed for bioprinting approaches of artificial tissues is that almost all tissues of the human body depend on a functioning vascular system for the supply of oxygen and nutrients. In this study, we have generated cuboid prevascularized bone tissue constructs by bioprinting human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ASCs) and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) by extrusion-based bioprinting and drop-on-demand (DoD) bioprinting, respectively. The computer-generated print design could be verified in vitro after printing. After subcutaneous implantation of bioprinted constructs in immunodeficient mice, blood vessel formation with human microvessels of different calibers could be detected arising from bioprinted HUVECs and stabilization of human blood vessels by mouse pericytes was observed. In addition, bioprinted ASCs were able to synthesize a calcified bone matrix as an indicator of ectopic bone formation. These results indicate that the combined bioprinting of ASCs and HUVECs represents a promising strategy to produce prevascularized artificial bone tissue for prospec

What this study does not prove

  • • This study does not prove SVF is an approved treatment or a replacement for standard care.

Evidence level

Early human evidence such as case series or small samples is exploring possible benefits.

How we grade evidence
AnimalsBioprintingBone TransplantationBone and BonesHeterograftsHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsHumansMesenchymal Stem CellsMiceMice, SCID

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