Human organs-on-chips for disease modelling, drug development and personalized medicine

DE Ingber - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
The failure of animal models to predict therapeutic responses in humans is a major problem
that also brings into question their use for basic research. Organ-on-a-chip (organ chip) …

Cytokines and intestinal epithelial permeability: A systematic review

F Meyer, D Wendling, C Demougeot, C Prati… - Autoimmunity …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The intestinal mucosa is composed of a well-organized epithelium, acting as a
physical barrier to harmful luminal contents, while simultaneously ensuring absorption of …

Revolutionizing drug development: harnessing the potential of organ-on-chip technology for disease modeling and drug discovery

N Sunildutt, P Parihar… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The inefficiency of existing animal models to precisely predict human pharmacological
effects is the root reason for drug development failure. Microphysiological system/organ-on …

Gut-on-a-chip models for dissecting the gut microbiology and physiology

A Valiei, J Aminian-Dehkordi, MRK Mofrad - APL bioengineering, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Microfluidic technologies have been extensively investigated in recent years for developing
organ-on-a-chip-devices as robust in vitro models aiming to recapitulate organ 3D …

Understanding disruption of the gut barrier during inflammation: Should we abandon traditional epithelial cell lines and switch to intestinal organoids?

S Lechuga, MB Braga-Neto, NG Naydenov… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Disruption of the intestinal epithelial barrier is a hallmark of mucosal inflammation. It
increases exposure of the immune system to luminal microbes, triggering a perpetuating …

Gut-on-a-Chip Models: Current and Future Perspectives for HostMicrobial Interactions Research

M Morelli, D Kurek, CP Ng, K Queiroz - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The intestine contains the largest microbial community in the human body, the gut
microbiome. Increasing evidence suggests that it plays a crucial role in maintaining overall …

Thin and stretchable extracellular matrix (ECM) membrane reinforced by nanofiber scaffolds for developing in vitro barrier models

J Youn, H Hong, W Shin, D Kim, HJ Kim, DS Kim - Biofabrication, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
An extracellular matrix (ECM) membrane made up of ECM hydrogels has great potentials to
develop a physiologically relevant organ-on-a-chip because of its biochemical and …

Integrated technologies for continuous monitoring of organs-on-chips: Current challenges and potential solutions

JS Del Rio, J Ro, H Yoon, TE Park, YK Cho - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Organs-on-chips (OoCs) are biomimetic in vitro systems based on microfluidic cell
cultures that recapitulate the in vivo physicochemical microenvironments and the …

[HTML][HTML] Human organoids-on-chips for biomedical research and applications

H Wang, X Ning, F Zhao, H Zhao, D Li - Theranostics, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Human organoids-on-chips (OrgOCs) are the synergism of human organoids (HOs)
technology and microfluidic organs-on-chips (OOCs). OOCs can mimic extrinsic …

Integrating liver-chip data into pharmaceutical decision-making processes

D Levner, L Ewart - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a potentially lethal condition that heavily
impacts the pharmaceutical industry, causing approximately 21% of drug withdrawals and …