Advantages of human umbilical vein scaffolds derived from cesarean section vs. vaginal delivery for vascular tissue engineering.

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-156564
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.15656

Hoenicka, Markus

; Jacobs, Volker R.

; Huber, Georgine ; Schmid, Franz-Xaver ; Birnbaum, Dietrich E.

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Abstract

The current study investigated whether the mode of delivery and the mode of sample collection affect the functional properties of umbilical veins as scaffolds for vascular tissue engineering purposes. Human umbilical vein (HUV) from planned cesarean-sections (PCs) showed a 1.7-fold higher maximum contraction with potassium chloride compared to spontaneous vaginal deliveries (VDs, p = 0.029). The ...