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Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
HUVECs seeded on PLA collagen–SDF-1 scaffolds. The cells adhere to the cage and seem to grow from the outside of the cage into the collagen gel (A). Thereby they start to form neo-vessel-like structures comparable to cells grown in Matrigel (B). Scale bar represents 2000 µm.