Lung-on-a-chip: the future of respiratory disease models and pharmacological studies

J Shrestha, S Razavi Bazaz… - Critical reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Recently, organ-on-a-chip models, which are microfluidic devices that mimic the
cellular architecture and physiological environment of an organ, have been developed and …

The role of PK/PD analysis in the development and evaluation of antimicrobials

A Rodríguez-Gascón, MÁ Solinís, A Isla - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) analysis has proved to be very useful to
establish rational dosage regimens of antimicrobial agents in human and veterinary …

A micro cell culture analog (µCCA) with 3-D hydrogel culture of multiple cell lines to assess metabolism-dependent cytotoxicity of anti-cancer drugs

JH Sung, ML Shuler - Lab on a Chip, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
A microfluidic device with 3-D hydrogel cell cultures has been developed to test the
cytotoxicity of anti-cancer drugs while reproducing multi-organ interactions. In this device, a …

Challenges in design and characterization of ligand-targeted drug delivery systems

S Muro - Journal of Controlled Release, 2012 - Elsevier
Targeting of therapeutic agents to molecular markers expressed on the surface of cells
requiring clinical intervention holds promise to improve specificity of delivery, enhancing …

Multi-organs-on-chips: towards long-term biomedical investigations

Y Zhao, RK Kankala, SB Wang, AZ Chen - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
With advantageous features such as minimizing the cost, time, and sample size
requirements, organ-on-a-chip (OOC) systems have garnered enormous interest from …

[HTML][HTML] Extensions to the visual predictive check to facilitate model performance evaluation

TM Post, JI Freijer, BA Ploeger, M Danhof - Journal of pharmacokinetics …, 2008 - Springer
Abstract The Visual Predictive Check (VPC) is a valuable and supportive instrument for
evaluating model performance. However in its most commonly applied form, the method …

A pumpless multi‐organ‐on‐a‐chip (MOC) combined with a pharmacokinetic–pharmacodynamic (PK–PD) model

H Lee, DS Kim, SK Ha, I Choi, JM Lee… - Biotechnology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A multi‐organ‐on‐a‐chip (MOC), also known as a human‐on‐a‐chip, aims to
simulate whole body response to drugs by connecting microscale cell cultures of multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Patient-specific organoid and organ-on-a-chip: 3D cell-culture meets 3D printing and numerical simulation

F Zheng, Y Xiao, H Liu, Y Fan, M Dao - Advanced biology, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The last few decades have witnessed diversified in vitro models to recapitulate the
architecture and function of living organs or tissues and contribute immensely to advances in …

[HTML][HTML] Computational modeling of 3D tumor growth and angiogenesis for chemotherapy evaluation

L Tang, AL Van De Ven, D Guo, V Andasari, V Cristini… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Solid tumors develop abnormally at spatial and temporal scales, giving rise to biophysical
barriers that impact anti-tumor chemotherapy. This may increase the expenditure and time …

Organ‐on‐a‐chip technology and microfluidic whole‐body models for pharmacokinetic drug toxicity screening

JB Lee, JH Sung - Biotechnology journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Microscale cell culture platforms better mimic the in vivo cellular microenvironment than
conventional, macroscale systems. Microscale cultures therefore elicit a more authentic …