3D Biomimetic Models to Reconstitute Tumor Microenvironment In Vitro: Spheroids, Organoids, and Tumor‐on‐a‐Chip

W Li, Z Zhou, X Zhou, BL Khoo… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Decades of efforts in engineering in vitro cancer models have advanced drug discovery and
the insight into cancer biology. However, the establishment of preclinical models that enable …

[HTML][HTML] Recent Progress in in vitro Models for Atherosclerosis Studies

J Chen, X Zhang, R Millican, T Lynd… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Atherosclerosis is the primary cause of hardening and narrowing arteries, leading to
cardiovascular disease accounting for the high mortality in the United States. For developing …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of wall shear stress in cardiovascular research and in clinical practice—from bench to bedside

K Urschel, M Tauchi, S Achenbach, B Dietel - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the 1900s, researchers established animal models experimentally to induce
atherosclerosis by feeding them with a cholesterol-rich diet. It is now accepted that high …

High‐definition single‐cell printing: cell‐by‐cell fabrication of biological structures

P Zhang, AR Abate - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bioprinting is a powerful technology with the potential to transform medical device
manufacturing, organ replacement, and the treatment of diseases and physiologic …

Engineering Organ-on-a-Chip Systems for Vascular Diseases

A Shakeri, Y Wang, Y Zhao, S Landau… - … , and vascular biology, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Vascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis and thrombosis, are major causes of morbidity
and mortality worldwide. Traditional in vitro models for studying vascular diseases have …

Imaging technologies for microfluidic biochips

J Han, U Kang, EY Moon, H Yoo, B Gweon - BioChip Journal, 2022 - Springer
With the growing interest in biochips, numerous efforts have been made to recapitulate a
more reliable and physiologically relevant environment within chips, resulting in significant …

Microfluidic models of the human circulatory system: versatile platforms for exploring mechanobiology and disease modeling

N Nguyen, P Thurgood, NC Sekar, S Chen… - Biophysical …, 2021 - Springer
The human circulatory system is a marvelous fluidic system, which is very sensitive to
biophysical and biochemical cues. The current animal and cell culture models do not …

Atherothrombosis‐on‐Chip: a site‐specific microfluidic model for thrombus formation and drug discovery

F Akther, J Zhang, HDN Tran, H Fallahi… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atherothrombosis, an atherosclerotic plaque disruption condition with superimposed
thrombosis, is the underlying cause of cardiovascular episodes. Herein, a unique design is …

[HTML][HTML] Biomimetic epithelium/endothelium on chips

L Lin, X Wang, M Niu, Q Wu, H Wang, Y Zu… - Engineered …, 2022 - Elsevier
Epithelium and endothelium, occupying a significant proportion of cells in the human body,
play a crucial role in maintaining organs' normal structure and function. Various methods …

[HTML][HTML] The tumour microenvironment modulates cancer cell intravasation

A Agrawal, S Shahreza, Y Javanmardi, N Szita… - Organs-on-a-Chip, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of three dimensional (3D) in vitro models to realistically recapitulate
tumor microenvironment has the potential to improve translatability of anti-cancer drugs at …