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. 2010 Feb 4;16(4):1215–1223. doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2009.0427

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Copyright 2010, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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FIG. 1. — In vivo implantation of a TEVG. TIPS (A) and ES-TIPS (B) preimplant sections showing MDSCs populating the scaffolds throughout the entire thickness. (C) Schematic of surgical procedure. The TEVG is implanted in the abdominal aorta of the rat. (D) TEVG after implant sutured to the native aorta with 10.0 prolene. TEVG, tissue-engineered vascular graft; TIPS, thermally induced phase separation; ES-TIPS, bilayered constructs prepared by electrospinning an outer layer of poly(ester urethane)urea on the surface of the TIPS constructs; MDSCs, muscle-derived stem cells. Color images available online at www.liebertonline.com/ten.