Tiangong University

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Bioengineering

Implantation of Tissue-Engineered Vascular Graft in Mouse Carotid Artery via Cuff Technique

Yifan Wu^1,2, Ying Xia¹, Lili Song^1,3, Xixi Wang^1,3, Jun Zhang^1,2, Jing Liu³, 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.