Revolutionizing nephrology research: expanding horizons with kidney-on-a-chip and beyond
Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyOrgans-on-a-chip (OoC) is a microengineered three-dimensional cell culture system developed for decades. Utilizing microfluidic technology, OoC cultivates cells on perfusable channels to construct in vitro organ models, enabling the simulation of organ ...
Wei Huang +3 more
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Microorganisms, 2020 Pneumonia is the leading cause of hospitalization worldwide. Besides viruses, bacterial co-infections dramatically exacerbate infection. In general, surfactant protein-A (SP-A) represents a first line of immune defense. In this study, we analyzed whether
Elisabeth Schicke +17 more
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Towards establishing human body-on-a-chip systems
Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 2022 Body-on-a-chip (BoC) platforms are established from multiple organs-on-chips (OoCs) to recapitulate the interactions between different tissues. Recently, Vunjak-Novakovic and colleagues reported the creation of a BoC system comprising four fluidically ...
Zhong Alan Li, Rocky S. Tuan
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Interconnected Microphysiological Systems for Quantitative Biology and Pharmacology Studies [PDF]
, 2018 Microphysiological systems (MPSs) are in vitro models that capture facets of in vivo organ function through use of specialized culture microenvironments, including 3D matrices and microperfusion.
Brij M. Bhushan +37 more
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Investigating oxygen transport efficiencies in precision-cut liver slice-based organ-on-a-chip devices [PDF]
, 2021 Microfluidic ‘organ-on-a-chip’ devices hold great potential for better mimicking the continuous flow microenvironment experienced by tissue and cells in vivo, thereby ensuring realistic transport of nutrients and elimination of waste products.
Cawthorne, Chris +4 more
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An innovative phase 2 proof-of-concept trial design to evaluate SAR445088, a monoclonal antibody targeting complement C1s in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy [PDF]
, 2023 BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a rare immune-mediated disease of the peripheral nerves, with significant unmet treatment needs.
Alonso-Alonso, Miguel +8 more
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A Comprehensive Review of Organ-on-a-Chip Technology and Its Applications
BiosensorsOrgan-on-a-chip (OOC) is an emerging technology that simulates an artificial organ within a microfluidic cell culture chip. Current cell biology research focuses on in vitro cell cultures due to various limitations of in vivo testing.
Negar Farhang Doost +1 more
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020 Microengineered systems provide an in vitro strategy to explore the variability of individual patient response to tissue engineering products, since they prefer the use of primary cell sources representing the phenotype variability.
Gabriele Nasello +6 more
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A Human iPSC-derived 3D platform using primary brain cancer cells to study drug development and personalized medicine [PDF]
, 2019 A high throughput histology (microTMA) platform was applied for testing drugs against tumors in a novel 3D heterotypic glioblastoma brain sphere (gBS) model consisting of glioblastoma tumor cells, iPSC-derived neurons, glial cells and astrocytes grown in
Ball, Graeme +7 more
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Physiome-on-a-Chip: The Challenge of “Scaling” in Design, Operation, and Translation of Microphysiological Systems [PDF]
, 2015 Scaling of a microphysiological system (MPS) or physiome-on-a-chip is arguably two interrelated, modeling-based activities: on-platform scaling and in vitro-in vivo translation.
Cirit, Murat +2 more
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