Tailoring biomaterials for biomimetic organs-on-chips

L Sun, F Bian, D Xu, Y Luo, Y Wang, Y Zhao - Materials Horizons, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Organs-on-chips are microengineered microfluidic living cell culture devices with
continuously perfused chambers penetrating to cells. By mimicking the biological features of …

Three-dimensional cell cultures: the bridge between in vitro and in vivo models

O Urzì, R Gasparro, E Costanzo, A De Luca… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although historically, the traditional bidimensional in vitro cell system has been widely used
in research, providing much fundamental information regarding cellular functions and …

Cancer-on-chip: a 3D model for the study of the tumor microenvironment

E Cauli, MA Polidoro, S Marzorati, C Bernardi… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Springer
The approval of anticancer therapeutic strategies is still slowed down by the lack of models
able to faithfully reproduce in vivo cancer physiology. On one hand, the conventional in vitro …

State-of-the-art liver disease research using liver-on-a-chip

S Deguchi, K Takayama - Inflammation and Regeneration, 2022 - Springer
To understand disease pathophysiologies, models that recapitulate human functions are
necessary. In vitro models that consist of human cells are preferred to ones using animal …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro models for the study of liver biology and diseases: advances and limitations

S Kaur, S Kidambi, M Ortega-Ribera, N Nieto… - Cellular and molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
In vitro models of liver (patho) physiology, new technologies, and experimental approaches
are progressing rapidly. Based on cell lines, induced pluripotent stem cells or primary cells …

Engineering Cardiac Tissue for Advanced Heart‐On‐A‐Chip Platforms

X Chen, S Liu, M Han, M Long, T Li… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of mortality worldwide, and current preclinical
models including traditional animal models and 2D cell culture models have limitations in …

Liver-on-a-chip devices: the pros and cons of complexity

P Dalsbecker, C Beck Adiels… - American Journal of …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Physiologically relevant and broadly applicable liver cell culture platforms are of great
importance in both drug development and disease modeling. Organ-on-a-chip systems offer …

From organ-on-a-chip to human-on-a-chip: A review of research progress and latest applications

Y Huang, T Liu, Q Huang, Y Wang - ACS sensors, 2024 - ACS Publications
Organ-on-a-Chip (OOC) technology, which emulates the physiological environment and
functionality of human organs on a microfluidic chip, is undergoing significant technological …

State-of-the-art advancements in liver-on-a-chip (LOC): integrated biosensors for LOC

M Liu, Y Xiang, Y Yang, X Long, Z Xiao, Y Nan… - Biosensors and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Liver models are vital for the liver diseases and drug research as many novel drugs.
However, traditional liver models cannot meet this need, mainly because they cannot …

Recent advances in liver‐on‐chips: Design, fabrication, and applications

L Qiu, B Kong, T Kong, H Wang - Smart Medicine, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The liver is a multifunctional organ and the metabolic center of the human body. Most drugs
and toxins are metabolized in the liver, resulting in varying degrees of hepatotoxicity. The …