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Cell proliferation and oxygen diffusion in a vascularising scaffold.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17554583     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The supply of oxygen to proliferating cells within a scaffold is a key factor for the successful building of new tissue in soft tissue engineering applications. A recent in vivo model, where an arteriovenous loop is placed in a scaffold, allows a vascularising network to form within a scaffold, establishing an oxygen source within, rather than external, to the scaffold. A one-dimensional model of oxygen concentration, cell proliferation and cell migration inside such a vascularising scaffold is developed and investigated. In addition, a vascularisation model is presented, which supports a vascularisation front which moves at a constant speed. The effects of vascular growth, homogenous and heterogenous seeding, diffusion of cells and critical hypoxic oxygen concentration are considered. For homogenous seeding, a relationship between the speed of the vascular front and a parameter defining the rate of oxygen diffusion relative to the rate of oxygen consumption determines whether a hypoxic region exists at some time. In particular, an estimate of the length of time that a fixed point in the scaffold will remain under hypoxic conditions is determined. For heterogenous seeding, a Fisher-like travelling wave of cells is established behind the vascular front. These findings provide a fundamental understanding of the important interplay between the parameters and allows for a theoretical assessment of a seeding strategy in a vascularising scaffold.
Authors:
Kerry A Landman; Anna Q Cai
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2007-06-07
Journal Detail:
Title:  Bulletin of mathematical biology     Volume:  69     ISSN:  0092-8240     ISO Abbreviation:  Bull. Math. Biol.     Publication Date:  2007 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-09-17     Completed Date:  2008-01-02     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401404     Medline TA:  Bull Math Biol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2405-28     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia. k.landman@ms.unimelb.edu.au
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Algorithms
Angiogenesis Inducing Agents / metabolism
Animals
Anoxia
Cell Count
Cell Hypoxia
Cell Movement / physiology
Cell Proliferation*
Diffusion
Humans
Models, Biological*
Neovascularization, Physiologic / physiology*
Oxygen / chemistry,  metabolism*
Tissue Culture Techniques / methods
Tissue Engineering / methods
Tissue Scaffolds*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
DP0557990/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Angiogenesis Inducing Agents; 7782-44-7/Oxygen

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