Engineering vascularized organoid-on-a-chip models

VS Shirure, CCW Hughes… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Recreating human organ–level function in vitro is a rapidly evolving field that integrates
tissue engineering, stem cell biology, and microfluidic technology to produce 3D organoids …

Interstitial flow promotes the formation of functional microvascular networks in vitro through upregulation of matrix metalloproteinase‐2

S Zhang, Z Wan, G Pavlou, AX Zhong… - Advanced functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐organized microvascular networks (MVNs) have become key to the development of
many microphysiological models. However, the self‐organizing nature of this process …

3D printing of tissue engineering scaffolds: a focus on vascular regeneration

P Wang, Y Sun, X Shi, H Shen, H Ning… - Bio-design and …, 2021 - Springer
Tissue engineering is an emerging means for resolving the problems of tissue repair and
organ replacement in regenerative medicine. Insufficient supply of nutrients and oxygen to …

One-step fabrication of an organ-on-a-chip with spatial heterogeneity using a 3D bioprinting technology

H Lee, DW Cho - Lab on a Chip, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Although various types of organs-on-chips have been introduced recently as tools for drug
discovery, the current studies are limited in terms of fabrication methods. The fabrication …

Engineered in vitro disease models

KH Benam, S Dauth, B Hassell… - Annual Review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The ultimate goal of most biomedical research is to gain greater insight into mechanisms of
human disease or to develop new and improved therapies or diagnostics. Although great …

Tumor spheroid-on-a-chip: a standardized microfluidic culture platform for investigating tumor angiogenesis

J Ko, J Ahn, S Kim, Y Lee, J Lee, D Park, NL Jeon - Lab on a Chip, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The field of microfluidics-based three-dimensional (3D) cell culture system is rapidly
progressing from academic proof-of-concept studies to valid solutions to real-world …

Recent advances in microfluidic technologies for cell-to-cell interaction studies

M Rothbauer, H Zirath, P Ertl - Lab on a Chip, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidic cell cultures are ideally positioned to become the next generation of in vitro
diagnostic tools for biomedical research, where key biological processes such as cell …

Microfluidic modelling of the tumor microenvironment for anti-cancer drug development

M Shang, RH Soon, CT Lim, BL Khoo, J Han - Lab on a Chip, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide. The complex and disorganized tumor
microenvironment makes it very difficult to treat this disease. The most common in vitro drug …

[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] Organs-on-chips technologies–A guide from disease models to opportunities for drug development

AG Monteduro, S Rizzato, G Caragnano… - Biosensors and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Current in-vitro 2D cultures and animal models present severe limitations in recapitulating
human physiopathology with striking discrepancies in estimating drug efficacy and side …