Microfluidics: a new tool for modeling cancer–immune interactions

A Boussommier-Calleja, R Li, MB Chen, SC Wong… - Trends in cancer, 2016 - cell.com
In recognition of the enormous potential of immunotherapies against cancer, research into
the interactions between tumor and immune cells has accelerated, leading to the recent FDA …

Microfluidic-based multi-organ platforms for drug discovery

A Rezaei Kolahchi, N Khadem Mohtaram… - Micromachines, 2016 - mdpi.com
Development of predictive multi-organ models before implementing costly clinical trials is
central for screening the toxicity, efficacy, and side effects of new therapeutic agents. Despite …

An aptamer-antibody complex (oligobody) as a novel delivery platform for targeted cancer therapies

K Heo, SW Min, HJ Sung, HG Kim, HJ Kim… - Journal of controlled …, 2016 - Elsevier
Aptamers have recently emerged as reliable and promising targeting agents in the field of
biology. However, their therapeutic potential has yet to be completely assessed due to their …

Immune-competent human skin disease models

LIJC Bergers, CMA Reijnders, LJ van den Broek… - Drug discovery today, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Skin disease drug development requires immune-competent in vitro human
models.•Skin disease examples: fibrosis, autoimmune, psoriasis, cancer and contact …

Engineered microvessels for the study of human disease

SG Rayner, Y Zheng - Journal of biomechanical …, 2016 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The microvasculature is an extensive, heterogeneous, and complex system that plays a
critical role in human physiology and disease. It nourishes almost all living human cells and …

Development of a single-cell migration and extravasation platform through selective surface modification

SA Roberts, AE Waziri, N Agrawal - Analytical chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
Cell migration through three-dimensional (3D) tissue spaces is integral to many biological
and pathological processes, including metastasis. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are …

Big insights from small volumes: deciphering complex leukocyte behaviors using microfluidics

D Irimia, F Ellett - Journal of Leucocyte Biology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Inflammation is an indispensable component of the immune response, and leukocytes
provide the first line of defense against infection. Although the major stereotypic leukocyte …

Integrated vascular engineering: vascularization of reconstructed tissue

R Sudo, S Chung, Y Shin, K Tanishita - Vascular Engineering: New …, 2016 - Springer
In this chapter, we describe culture methods to construct microvascular networks as well as
approaches to integrating capillary networks with 3D epithelial tissue-engineered constructs …

[PDF][PDF] Engineered Microvessels for the Study of Human Disease

Y Zheng - iscrm.uw.edu
The microvasculature is an extensive, heterogeneous, and complex system that plays a
critical role in human physiology and disease. It nourishes almost all living human cells and …