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Modeling early stage atherosclerosis in a primary human vascular microphysiological system
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2020.
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Abstract
- Human microphysiological systems (MPS) have some advantages over animal models to study the mechanisms of disease. Here the authors use a tissue-engineered blood vessel MPS to create a model of early stage atherosclerosis and assess the effect of several drugs.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.8d57cac5f23b4a1ca7ed71c83c025052
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19197-8