Growing blood vessels in space: The SPHEROIDS project

Marcus Krüger; Sascha Kopp; Markus Wehland; Johann Bauer; Sarah Baatout; Marjan Moreels; Marcel Egli; Thomas J. Corydon; Manfred Infanger; Daniela Grimm

Growing blood vessels in space: The SPHEROIDS project

Marcus Krüger, Sascha Kopp, Markus Wehland, Johann Bauer, Sarah Baatout, Marjan Moreels, Marcel Egli, Thomas J. Corydon, Manfred Infanger, Daniela Grimm

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Abstract

Under normal culture conditions endothelial cells (ECs) grow as single layers on the bottom surface of cell culture flasks. In numerous experiments using simulated microgravity we noticed that the ECs formed three-dimensional, tube-like cell aggregates resembling the intima of small, rudimentary blood vessels. The SPHEROIDS project has now shown that similar processes occur in space. For the first time, we could observe scaffold-free growth of human ECs into multicellular spheroids and tubular structures during an experiment in real microgravity. With further investigation of the space samples we hope to understand endothelial 3D growth and to improve the in vitro engineering of biocompatible vessels which could be used in surgery.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	69th International astronautical congres - IAC 2018
Publisher	Curran Associates, Inc.
Pages	652-660
Number of pages	9
Volume	1
Edition	2018
ISBN (Print)	9781510881655
State	Published - Apr 2019
Event	AIC 2018 - 69th International astronautical congres - Bremen Duration: 1 Oct 2018 → 5 Oct 2018

Conference

Conference	AIC 2018 - 69th International astronautical congres
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Bremen
Period	2018-10-01 → 2018-10-05

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Krüger, M, Kopp, S, Wehland, M, Bauer, J, Baatout, S, Moreels, M, Egli, M, Corydon, TJ, Infanger, M & Grimm, D 2019, Growing blood vessels in space: The SPHEROIDS project. in 69th International astronautical congres - IAC 2018. 2018 edn, vol. 1, Curran Associates, Inc., pp. 652-660, AIC 2018 - 69th International astronautical congres, Bremen, Germany, 2018-10-01. <http://www.proceedings.com/47918.html>

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