The Adipose Stromal Vascular Fraction as a Complex Cellular Source for Tissue Engineering Applications.

Tissue Eng Part B Rev

Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, Department of Physiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky.

Published: August 2018

A major challenge in tissue engineering is the generation of sufficient volumes of viable tissue for organ transplant. The development of a stable, mature vasculature is required to sustain the metabolic and functional activities of engineered tissues. Adipose stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cells are an easily accessible, heterogeneous cell system comprised of endothelial cells, macrophages, pericytes, and various stem cell populations. Collectively, SVF has been shown to spontaneously form vessel-like networks in vitro and robust, patent, and functional vasculatures in vivo. Capitalizing on this ability, we and others have demonstrated adipose SVF's utility in generating and augmenting engineered liver, cardiac, and vascular tissues, to name a few. This review highlights the scientific origins of SVF, the use of SVF as a clinically relevant vascular source, various SVF constituents and their roles, and practical considerations associated with isolating SVF for various tissue engineering applications.

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