In vitro microfluidic models for neurodegenerative disorders

T Osaki, Y Shin, V Sivathanu… - Advanced healthcare …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Microfluidic devices enable novel means of emulating neurodegenerative disease
pathophysiology in vitro. These organ‐on‐a‐chip systems can potentially reduce animal …

Heralding a new paradigm in 3D tumor modeling

ELS Fong, DA Harrington, MC Farach-Carson, H Yu - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
Numerous studies to date have contributed to a paradigm shift in modeling cancer, moving
from the traditional two-dimensional culture system to three-dimensional (3D) culture …

A bone‐on‐a‐chip collagen hydrogel‐based model using pre‐differentiated adipose‐derived stem cells for personalized bone tissue engineering

P Alamán‐Díez, E García‐Gareta… - … Research Part A, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mesenchymal stem cells have contributed to the continuous progress of tissue engineering
and regenerative medicine. Adipose‐derived stem cells (ADSC) possess many advantages …

From cardiac tissue engineering to heart-on-a-chip: beating challenges

YS Zhang, J Aleman, A Arneri, S Bersini… - Biomedical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The heart is one of the most vital organs in the human body, which actively pumps the blood
through the vascular network to supply nutrients to as well as to extract wastes from all other …

[HTML][HTML] Extracellular matrix-based biomaterials for cardiovascular tissue engineering

A Khanna, M Zamani, NF Huang - Journal of cardiovascular development …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Regenerative medicine and tissue engineering strategies have made remarkable progress
in remodeling, replacing, and regenerating damaged cardiovascular tissues. The design of …

The CCL2-CCR2 astrocyte-cancer cell axis in tumor extravasation at the brain

C Hajal, Y Shin, L Li, JC Serrano, T Jacks… - Science advances, 2021 - science.org
Although brain metastases are common in cancer patients, little is known about the
mechanisms of cancer extravasation across the blood-brain barrier (BBB), a key step in the …

[HTML][HTML] Vasculature-on-a-chip for in vitro disease models

S Kim, W Kim, S Lim, JS Jeon - Bioengineering, 2017 - mdpi.com
Vascularization, the formation of new blood vessels, is an essential biological process. As
the vasculature is involved in various fundamental physiological phenomena and closely …

Engineering tissue barrier models on hydrogel microfluidic platforms

D Vera, M Garcia-Diaz, N Torras… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Tissue barriers play a crucial role in human physiology by establishing tissue
compartmentalization and regulating organ homeostasis. At the interface between the …

Formation of microvascular networks in vitro

JP Morgan, PF Delnero, Y Zheng, SS Verbridge… - Nature protocols, 2013 - nature.com
This protocol describes how to form a 3D cell culture with explicit, endothelialized
microvessels. The approach leads to fully enclosed, perfusable vessels in a bioremodelable …

Microfluidic chip with integrated electrical cell-impedance sensing for monitoring single cancer cell migration in three-dimensional matrixes

TA Nguyen, TI Yin, D Reyes, GA Urban - Analytical chemistry, 2013 - ACS Publications
Cell migration has been recognized as one hallmark of malignant tumor progression. By
integrating the method of electrical cell–substrate impedance sensing (ECIS) with the …