Microfluidic organs-on-chips

SN Bhatia, DE Ingber - Nature biotechnology, 2014 - nature.com
An organ-on-a-chip is a microfluidic cell culture device created with microchip manufacturing
methods that contains continuously perfused chambers inhabited by living cells arranged to …

[HTML][HTML] Microfluidic platforms for cell cultures and investigations

ML Coluccio, G Perozziello, N Malara, E Parrotta… - Microelectronic …, 2019 - Elsevier
This review covers several aspects of microfluidic devices used for culturing and monitoring
of both adherent and non-adherent cells, including a multitude of applications. A comparison …

Fungal brain infection modelled in a human-neurovascular-unit-on-a-chip with a functional blood–brain barrier

J Kim, KT Lee, JS Lee, J Shin, B Cui, K Yang… - Nature biomedical …, 2021 - nature.com
The neurovascular unit, which consists of vascular cells surrounded by astrocytic end-feet
and neurons, controls cerebral blood flow and the permeability of the blood–brain barrier …

A microfluidic 3D in vitro model for specificity of breast cancer metastasis to bone

S Bersini, JS Jeon, G Dubini, C Arrigoni, S Chung… - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
Cancer metastases arise following extravasation of circulating tumor cells with certain
tumors exhibiting high organ specificity. Here, we developed a 3D microfluidic model to …

Natural bone-mimicking nanopore-incorporated hydroxyapatite scaffolds for enhanced bone tissue regeneration

C Kim, JW Lee, JH Heo, C Park, DH Kim, GS Yi… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - spj.science.org
Background A considerable number of studies has been carried out to develop alloplastic
bone graft materials such as hydroxyapatite (HAP) that mimic the hierarchical structure of …

A therapeutic convection–enhanced macroencapsulation device for enhancing β cell viability and insulin secretion

K Yang, ED O'Cearbhaill, SS Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Islet transplantation for type 1 diabetes treatment has been limited by the need for lifelong
immunosuppression regimens. This challenge has prompted the development of …

Microfluidics for neuronal cell and circuit engineering

R Habibey, JE Rojo Arias, J Striebel… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The widespread adoption of microfluidic devices among the neuroscience and neurobiology
communities has enabled addressing a broad range of questions at the molecular, cellular …

Multiscale, hierarchically patterned topography for directing human neural stem cells into functional neurons

K Yang, H Jung, HR Lee, JS Lee, SR Kim, KY Song… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Various biophysical and biochemical factors are important for determining the fate of neural
stem cells (NSCs). Among biophysical signals, topographical stimulation by …

Microfluidic systems for stem cell-based neural tissue engineering

M Karimi, S Bahrami, H Mirshekari, SMM Basri, AB Nik… - Lab on a Chip, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Neural tissue engineering aims at developing novel approaches for the treatment of
diseases of the nervous system, by providing a permissive environment for the growth and …

Stem cell culture and differentiation in microfluidic devices toward organ-on-a-chip

J Zhang, X Wei, R Zeng, F Xu, XJ Li - Future science OA, 2017 - Future Science
Microfluidic lab-on-a-chip provides a new platform with unique advantages to mimic
complex physiological microenvironments in vivo and has been increasingly exploited to …