Senescent Cells with Augmented Cytokine Production for Microvascular Bioengineering and Tissue Repairs.

ABSTRACT: Controlled delivery of cytokines and growth factors has been an area of intense research interest for molecular and cellular bioengineering, immunotherapy, and regenerative medicine. In this study, we show that primary human lung fibroblasts chemically induced to senescence (cell cycle arrest) can act as a living source to transiently produce factors essential for promoting vasculogenesis or angiogenesis, such as VEGF, HGF, and IL-8. Co-culture of senescent fibroblasts with HUVECs in a fibrin gel demonstrated accelerated formation and maturation of microvessel networks in as early as three days. Unlike the usage of non-senescent fibroblasts as the angiogenesis-promoting cells, this approach eliminates drawbacks related to the overproliferation of fibroblasts and the subsequent disruption o

SUBMITTER: Xiao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7141414 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature