Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2020, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (22): 3579-3586.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2265

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Small-caliber tissue-engineered vascular stent: how to produce a material with physiological remodeling activity

Yang Lei1, 2, Li Xiafei3, Dong Yuzhen2, Ma Xianfen1, Zhang Qiqing1, Zhao Liang1   

  1. 1School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, 3School of Medical Engineering, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, China; 2First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, China
  • Received:2019-09-28 Revised:2019-10-08 Accepted:2019-11-19 Online:2020-08-08 Published:2020-04-26
  • Contact: Dong Yuzhen, MD, Chief physician, Master’s supervisor, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, China Zhao Liang, MD, Master’s supervisor, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, China
  • About author:Yang Lei, Master candidate, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, China; First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, China
  • Supported by:
    the College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project of Henan Province, No. 141039, 110411, 201910472019; the 3rd National College Student Life Science Project, No. 30252; the Open Project of Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nerve Repair of Highland Discipline (Surgery), First Clinical Medicine School of Xinxiang Medical University, No. HNSJXF-2016-011; the Open Project of Central Laboratory of the 7th People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou; the Innovation Support Program for the Postgraduate of Xinxiang Medical University in 2019, No. YJSCX201905Z

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: The common clinical treatment methods of cardiovascular disease are vascular reconstruction, including stent interventional therapy, coronary artery bypass grafting and angioplasty.

OBJECTIVE: To summarize the latest research progress of tissue-engineered vascular stent materials, such as natural derivative stent materials, synthetic macromolecule materials and composite materials, so as to lay a theoretical foundation for small-caliber vascular transplantation.

METHODS: PubMed, WanFang, and CNI databases were retrieved for the articles published from January 2008 to July 2019. The key words were “tissue engineering, biological material, scaffold material, blood vessel” in Chinese and English, respectively. The documents with old content and repeated conclusions were excluded, and 52 eligible articles were enrolled.  

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Autologous vascular grafts, such as saphenous vein and internal thoracic artery, are the best alternatives to small-caliber vessels. However, restenosis of vascular lumen may be induced after transplantation, and the incidence of thrombosis, infection and transplantation failure increases, which seriously hinders the clinical application. Considering these limitations, researchers have embedded tissue-engineered vascular grafts into cells to produce a living material with physiological remodeling activity. This potential solution may bring hope for the future of vascular grafts.

Key words: tissue engineering, biological material, scaffold material, blood vessel, small-caliber, tissue-engineered vessel

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