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Towards organ printing: engineering an intra-organ branched vascular tree
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IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD: Effective vascularization of thick three-dimensional engineered tissue constructs is a problem in tissue engineering. As in native organs, a tissue-engineered intra-organ vascular tree must be comprised of a network of hierarchically branched vascular segments. Despite this requirement, current tissue-engineering efforts are still focused predominantly on engineering either large-diameter macrovessels or microvascular networks. AREAS COVERED IN THIS REVIEW: We present the emerging concept of organ printing or robotic additive biofabrication of an intra-organ branched vascular tree, based on the ability of vascular tissue spheroids to undergo self-assembly. WHAT THE READER WILL GAIN: The feasibility and challenges of this robotic biofabrication approach to intra-organ vascularization for tissue engineering based on organ-printing technology using self-assembling vascular tissue spheroids including clinically relevantly vascular cell sources are analyzed. TAKE HOME MESSAGE: It is not possible to engineer 3D thick tissue or organ constructs without effective vascularization. An effective intra-organ vascular system cannot be built by the simple connection of large-diameter vessels and microvessels. Successful engineering of functional human organs suitable for surgical implantation will require concomitant engineering of a 'built in' intra-organ branched vascular system. Organ printing enables biofabrication of human organ constructs with a 'built in' intra-organ branched vascular tree.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Visconti, R. P., Kasyanov, V., Gentile, C., Zhang, J., Markwald, R. R., & Mironov, V.
- Affiliations
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- Riga Stradiņš University (LV)
- Corresponding author
- Mironov, Vladimir
- Venue
- Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy
- Publisher
- Informa Healthcare
- Published
- 2010-02-04
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 409-420
- ISSN
- 1471-2598 (ISSN-L)
- 1744-7682
- PMC
- PMC4580374
- OpenAlex
- W2052215721
- Cited by
- 224
- References
- 105
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 12
- FWCI
- 1.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- publication.editionName
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5p20rr016461-11, 1c06rr015455-01a1, 1c06rr018823-01)
- National Center for Research Resources (RR16434-08, P20RR016434, P20RR021949, 2 P20 RR16461-05A1, C06 RR-015455, C06 RR-018823, P 20 RR-016461)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering › Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
- Keywords
- organ printing, self-assembly, 3D tissue constructs, organ engineering, microvascular networks
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Blood Vessels, Feasibility Studies, Humans, Robotics, Tissue Engineering
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