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 …

Advances in screening hyperthermic nanomedicines in 3D tumor models

JF Soeiro, FL Sousa, MV Monteiro, VM Gaspar… - Nanoscale …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Hyperthermic nanomedicines are particularly relevant for tackling human cancer, providing
a valuable alternative to conventional therapeutics. The early-stage preclinical performance …

On-chip recapitulation of the tumor microenvironment: A decade of progress

SM Giannitelli, V Peluzzi, S Raniolo, G Roscilli… - Biomaterials, 2024 - Elsevier
One of the hurdles to the development of new anticancer therapies is the lack of in vitro
models which faithfully reproduce the in vivo tumor microenvironment (TME). Understanding …

Manufactured tissue-to-tissue barrier chip for modeling the human blood–brain barrier and regulation of cellular trafficking

J Kim, T Yoon, P Kim, M Bekhbat, SM Kang, HS Rho… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Microphysiological system or organ-on-a-chip technologies can replicate the key structure
and function of 3D human tissues with higher reproducibility than less controllable 3D cell …

Recent advances in vascularized tumor-on-a-chip

CBX Huang, TY Tu - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The vasculature plays a critical role in cancer progression and metastasis, representing a
pivotal aspect in the creation of cancer models. In recent years, the emergence of organ-on …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor Spheroids as Model to Design Acoustically Mediated Drug Therapies: A Review

M Roy, C Alix, A Bouakaz, S Serrière, JM Escoffre - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tumor spheroids as well as multicellular tumor spheroids (MCTSs) are promising 3D in vitro
tumor models for drug screening, drug design, drug targeting, drug toxicity, and validation of …

Emergent trends in organ-on-a-chip applications for investigating metastasis within tumor microenvironment: A comprehensive bibliometric analysis

C He, F Lu, Y Liu, Y Lei, X Wang, N Tang - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Background With the burgeoning advancements in disease modeling, drug development,
and precision medicine, organ-on-a-chip has risen to the forefront of biomedical research …

Three-dimensional heterotypic colorectal cancer spheroid models for evaluation of drug response

JNN Yau, G Adriani - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of death worldwide. Improved preclinical tumor
models are needed to make treatment screening clinically relevant and address disease …

Recent advances in micro-physiological systems for investigating tumor metastasis and organotropism

H Yoon, JS Del Río, SW Cho, TE Park - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Tumor metastasis involves complex processes that traditional 2D cultures and animal
models struggle to fully replicate. Metastatic tumors undergo a multitude of transformations …

Vascularized tissue on mesh-assisted platform (VT-MAP): a novel approach for diverse organoid size culture and tailored cancer drug response analysis

J Lee, S Jung, HK Hong, H Jo, S Rhee, YL Jeong, J Ko… - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
This study presents the vascularized tissue on mesh-assisted platform (VT-MAP), a novel
microfluidic in vitro model that uses an open microfluidic principle for cultivating vascularized …