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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2018
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Aijun Wang, Sacramento, CA (US);
Kit Lam, Davis, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides scaffolds that include a polymer and a cyclic peptide ligand. The peptide ligand increases the attachment of endothelial cells and/or progenitor cells to the scaffold. The present invention also provides engineered tissues that include the provided scaffolds. The present invention also provides coatings that include a coating polymer and a cyclic peptide ligand. The present invention also provides methods of improving endothelialization and vascularization of endothelial cells and/or progenitor cells for tissue regeneration in a subject and of repairing bone defects in a subject, by implanting a provided scaffold.