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Yuan Yao
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Latest papers
Mechanobiological regulation of endothelial vascularization after myocardial infarction: matrix mechanics, hydrogel strategies and applications.
Biomaterials science · 2026 · senior author
Substrate Topography Modulate Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Phenotype in Proinflammatory Condition
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · 2025
Latest funding
- $75,001
3D models to study mechanobiological stimuli in cardiovascular disease
CFI · 2025 · Principal investigator
2 publications.
Mechanobiological regulation of endothelial vascularization after myocardial infarction: matrix mechanics, hydrogel strategies and applications.
Qian Y, Yao Y
Substrate Topography Modulate Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Phenotype in Proinflammatory Condition
Dency David, Aung Moe Zaw, Joshua Kunihiro, Yuan Yao, Evelyn K. F. Yim
3D models to study mechanobiological stimuli in cardiovascular disease
Principal investigators: Yao, Yuan
Keywords: Hydrogel biomaterials, cardiovascular disease, matrix mechanics, endothelial cell, disease modeling, shear stress, mechanosensing Bioprinting, rheological analysis, programmable flow system, cell imaging
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
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