Engineered vascular grafts lend unique insight to pathophysiology of aortic aneurysms.

Naegeli, Kaleb M; Niklason, Laura E · Cell Stem Cell · 2024

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Yang et al.<sup>1</sup> generate tissue engineered blood vessels from hiPSC-derived smooth muscle cells harboring a mutation found in Loeys-Dietz syndrome. In vitro and in vivo data from these vessels provide new insight into the molecular physiology of aortic aneurysms and may create a paradigm for understanding a suite of vascular diseases.

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