Potential of Newborn and Adult Stem Cells for the Production of Vascular Constructs Using the Living Tissue Sheet Approach

Figure 2

Cultured stem cells produce ECM and form cell sheets that can be later rolled into vascular constructs. Cross sections of tissue-engineered vessels made from cultured UCB-MSCs (a), BMSCs (b), SMCs (c), or DFs (d) were stained with Masson’s trichrome in order to visualize collagen (blue) and cells (red). Scale bar: 50 μm.

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