A pulmonary vascular model from endothelialized whole organ scaffolds

We introduce a novel in vitro platform that could simulate key native pulmonary vascular phenotypes and functions, and shows the potential of using the bioengineered whole organ as a platform for disease modeling. Since it is becoming clear that vascular endothelium and the coagulation cascade are adversely affected in some COVID19 patients, such an engineered organ system may play an important role in dissecting disease mechanisms and treatments.