Changes in Passive and Dynamic Mechanical Environments Promote Differentiation to a Contractile Phenotype in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
Every year, 400,000 coronary artery bypasses (CABG) are performed in the United States. However, one third of all patients who need a CABG cannot undergo the procedure because of the lack of suitable autologous blood vessels. Both synthetic and tissue engineered vascular grafts have been used clinic...
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Digital WPI
2015
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| Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/230 https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1229&context=etd-dissertations |