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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 961:223-242 (2002)
© 2002 New York Academy of Sciences
Vascular Assembly in Natural and Engineered Tissues
KAREN K. HIRSCHIa,
THOMAS C. SKALAKb,
SHAYN M. PEIRCEb AND
CHARLES D. LITTLEc
aDepartments of Pediatrics and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy and Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
bDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Box 800759, Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
cDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Kansas University Medical School, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA
Address for correspondence: Karen K. Hirschi, Department of Pediatrics and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, N1030, Houston, TX 77030. Voice: 713-798-7771; fax: 713-798-1230.
khirschi{at}bcm.tmc.edu
Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 961: 223-242 (2002).
With the advent of molecular embryology and exploitation of genetic models systems, many genes necessary for normal blood vessel formation during early development have been identified. These genes include soluble effectors and their receptors, as well as components of cell-cell junctions and mediators of cell-matrix interactions. In vitro model systems (2-D and 3-D) to study paracrine and autocrine interactions of vascular cells and their progenitors have also been created. These systems are being combined to study the behavior of genetically altered cells to dissect and define the cellular role(s) of specific genes and gene families in directing the migration, proliferation, and differentiation needed for blood vessel assembly. It is clear that a complex spatial and temporal interplay of signals, including both genetic and environmental, modulates the assembly process. The development of real-time imaging and image analysis will enable us to gain further insights into this process. Collaborative efforts among vascular biologists, biomedical engineers, mathematicians, and physicists will allow us to bridge the gap between understanding vessel assembly in vivo and assembling vessels ex vivo.
Key Words: blood vessel assembly • neovascularization • vascular progenitors • vascular patterning analysis
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