Organ-on-a-chip: Recent breakthroughs and future prospects

Q Wu, J Liu, X Wang, L Feng, J Wu, X Zhu… - Biomedical engineering …, 2020 - Springer
The organ-on-a-chip (OOAC) is in the list of top 10 emerging technologies and refers to a
physiological organ biomimetic system built on a microfluidic chip. Through a combination of …

Three-Dimensional in Vitro Cell Culture Models in Drug Discovery and Drug Repositioning

SA Langhans - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Drug development is a lengthy and costly process that proceeds through several stages
from target identification to lead discovery and optimization, preclinical validation and …

Form follows function: nanoparticle shape and its implications for nanomedicine

C Kinnear, TL Moore, L Rodriguez-Lorenzo… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This review is a comprehensive description of the past decade of research into
understanding how the geometry and size of nanoparticles affect their interaction with …

Interconnected microphysiological systems for quantitative biology and pharmacology studies

CD Edington, WLK Chen, E Geishecker, T Kassis… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
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 …

Recent advances in lung-on-a-chip models

I Francis, J Shrestha, KR Paudel, PM Hansbro… - Drug Discovery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Transition from conventional 2D models to 3D and advanced lung-on-a-chip
models.•Recent advances in lung-on-a-chip platforms and their implementation.•Numerous …

[HTML][HTML] Biology-inspired microphysiological system approaches to solve the prediction dilemma of substance testing

U Marx, TB Andersson, A Bahinski, M Beilmann… - Altex, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The recent advent of microphysiological systems–microfluidic biomimetic devices that aspire
to emulate the biology of human tissues, organs and circulation in vitro–is envisaged to …

[HTML][HTML] Full-thickness human skin-on-chip with enhanced epidermal morphogenesis and barrier function

G Sriram, M Alberti, Y Dancik, B Wu, R Wu, Z Feng… - Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
Reconstruction of full-thickness skin equivalents with physiologically relevant cellular and
matrix architecture is gaining importance as an in vitro tool for basic research, and for the …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro approaches to assess the hazard of nanomaterials

B Drasler, P Sayre, KG Steinhäuser, A Petri-Fink… - NanoImpact, 2017 - Elsevier
The rapid development of engineered nanomaterials demands for a fast and reliable
assessment of their health hazard potential. A plethora of experimental approaches have …

Air–Liquid Interface In Vitro Models for Respiratory Toxicology Research: Consensus Workshop and Recommendations

G Lacroix, W Koch, D Ritter, AC Gutleb… - Applied in vitro …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
In vitro air–liquid interface (ALI) cell culture models can potentially be used to assess
inhalation toxicology endpoints and are usually considered, in terms of relevancy, between …

[HTML][HTML] A human brain microphysiological system derived from induced pluripotent stem cells to study neurological diseases and toxicity

D Pamies, P Barrera, K Block, G Makri, A Kumar… - Altex, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Human in vitro models of brain neurophysiology are needed to investigate molecular and
cellular mechanisms associated with neurological disorders and neurotoxicity. We have …