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The effects of drag-reducing polymers on hemodynamics and whole blood-endothelial interactions in 3D-printed vascular topologies

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Title The effects of drag-reducing polymers on hemodynamics and whole blood-endothelial interactions in 3D-printed vascular topologies
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FU6XL8
 
Creator Galie, Peter
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Raw and processed data for the manuscript. Abstract: Most in vitro models use culture medium to apply fluid shear stress to endothelial cells, which does not capture the interaction between blood and endothelial cells. Here, we describe a new system to characterize whole blood flow through a 3D-printed, endothelialized vascular topology that induces flow separation at a bifurcation. Drag-reducing polymers, which have been previously studied as a potential therapy to reduce the pressure drop across the vascular bed, are evaluated for their effect on mitigating disturbed flow. Concentrations of 1000 ppm prevent recirculation and disturbed flow at the wall. Proteomic analysis of plasma collected from whole blood recirculated through the vascularized channel with and without drag-reducing polymers provides insight into the effects of flow regimes on levels of proteins indicative of endothelial-blood interaction. The results indicate that blood flow alters proteins associated with coagulation, inflammation, and other processes. Overall, these proof-of-concept experiments demonstrate the importance of using whole blood flow to study the endothelial response to perfusion.
 
Subject Engineering
Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
 
Date 2024-01-10
 
Contributor Galie, Peter