Clinical relevance of animal models in aging-related dementia research

P Padmanabhan, J Götz - Nature Aging, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other, less prevalent dementias are complex age-related
disorders that exhibit multiple etiologies. Over the past decades, animal models have …

Emerging strategies of engineering retinal organoids and organoid-on-a-chip in modeling intraocular drug delivery: Current progress and future perspectives

J Yu, Y Yin, Y Leng, J Zhang, C Wang, Y Chen… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Retinal diseases are a rising concern as major causes of blindness in an aging society;
therapeutic options are limited, and the precise pathogenesis of these diseases remains …

Engineering organ-on-a-chip to accelerate translational research

J Ko, D Park, S Lee, B Gumuscu, NL Jeon - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
We guide the use of organ-on-chip technology in tissue engineering applications. Organ-on-
chip technology is a form of microengineered cell culture platform that elaborates the in-vivo …

[HTML][HTML] Organ-on-a-chip microengineering for bio-mimicking disease models and revolutionizing drug discovery

T Ahmed - Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X, 2022 - Elsevier
The core of the drug research and screening processes is predicting the effect of drugs prior
to human clinical trials. Due to the 2D cell culture and animal models' poor predictability, the …

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 spheroid-based microfluidic models to mimic the tumour microenvironment

J Ro, J Kim, YK Cho - Analyst, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Three-dimensional (3D) multicellular spheroid models can recapitulate the human tumour
microenvironment with more accuracy than conventional cell culture models, as they include …

Functional bioengineered models of the central nervous system

N Rouleau, NJ Murugan, DL Kaplan - Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2023 - nature.com
The functional complexity of the central nervous system (CNS) is unparalleled in living
organisms. Its nested cells, circuits and networks encode memories, move bodies and …

Fluid flow to mimic organ function in 3D in vitro models

Y Juste-Lanas, S Hervas-Raluy, JM García-Aznar… - APL …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Many different strategies can be found in the literature to model organ physiology, tissue
functionality, and disease in vitro; however, most of these models lack the physiological fluid …

Microfluidic Brain‐on‐a‐Chip: From Key Technology to System Integration and Application

Z Wang, Y Zhang, Z Li, H Wang, N Li, Y Deng - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As an ideal in vitro model, brain‐on‐chip (BoC) is an important tool to comprehensively
elucidate brain characteristics. However, the in vitro model for the definition scope of BoC …

Bone tissue and the nervous system: what do they have in common?

A Minoia, L Dalle Carbonare, JC Schwamborn… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Degenerative diseases affecting bone tissues and the brain represent important problems
with high socio-economic impact. Certain bone diseases, such as osteoporosis, are …