Implantation of Tissue-Engineered Vascular Graft in Mouse Carotid Artery via Cuff TechniqueYifan Wu 1,2, Ying Xia 1, Lili Song 1,3, Xixi Wang 1,3, Jun Zhang 1,2, Jing Liu 3, Zhihong Wang 3,4
1College of Life Sciences, Tiangong University, 2Tiangong Huikang Medical Technology (Tianjin) Company, 3Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biomaterial Research, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 4Institute of Transplant Medicine, School of Medicine, Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials of Ministry of Education, Nankai University
Here, a protocol is presented for the implantation of a tissue-engineered vascular graft into the mouse carotid artery using the cuff technique, providing a suitable animal model for investigating vascular tissue regeneration mechanisms.
