Progress of microfluidic hydrogel‐based scaffolds and organ‐on‐chips for the cartilage tissue engineering

H Tolabi, N Davari, M Khajehmohammadi… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cartilage degeneration is among the fundamental reasons behind disability and pain across
the globe. Numerous approaches have been employed to treat cartilage diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Bone/cartilage organoid on-chip: Construction strategy and application

Y Hu, H Zhang, S Wang, L Cao, F Zhou, Y Jing, J Su - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The necessity of disease models for bone/cartilage related disorders is well-recognized, but
the barrier between ex-vivo cell culture, animal models and the real human body has been …

Chondrocyte hypertrophy in osteoarthritis: mechanistic studies and models for the identification of new therapeutic strategies

S Chawla, A Mainardi, N Majumder, L Dönges… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Articular cartilage shows limited self-healing ability owing to its low cellularity and
avascularity. Untreated cartilage defects display an increased propensity to degenerate …

Application and development of 3D bioprinting in cartilage tissue engineering

M Li, D Sun, J Zhang, Y Wang, Q Wei, Y Wang - Biomaterials Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Articular cartilage defects are one of the most common clinical diseases of bone articulation.
Early repair of damaged joint cartilage can effectively stop the progression of arthritis and …

Synovial joint-on-a-chip for modeling arthritis: Progress, pitfalls, and potential

ZA Li, S Sant, SK Cho, SB Goodman, BA Bunnell… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
Disorders of the synovial joint, such as osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA),
afflict a substantial proportion of the global population. However, current clinical …

Joint-on-chip platforms: entering a new era of in vitro models for arthritis

CA Paggi, LM Teixeira, S Le Gac… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Arthritis affects millions of people worldwide. With only a few disease-modifying drugs
available for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and none for osteoarthritis, a clear need exists …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in organ-on-a-chip systems for modelling joint tissue and osteoarthritic diseases

L Banh, KK Cheung, MWY Chan, EWK Young… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Summary Joint-on-a-chip (JOC) models are powerful tools that aid in osteoarthritis (OA)
research. These microfluidic devices apply emerging organ-on-a-chip technology to …

Human organ-on-a-chip microphysiological systems to model musculoskeletal pathologies and accelerate therapeutic discovery

RE Ajalik, RG Alenchery, JS Cognetti… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Human Microphysiological Systems (hMPS), otherwise known as organ-and tissue-on-a-
chip models, are an emerging technology with the potential to replace in vivo animal studies …

[HTML][HTML] Monolithic microfluidic platform for exerting gradients of compression on cell-laden hydrogels, and application to a model of the articular cartilage

CA Paggi, B Venzac, M Karperien, JCH Leijten… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Movement is essential to our quality of life, and regulates cell behavior via mechanical
stimulation. Here, we report a monolithic microfluidic platform, in which engineered tissues …

Endocytosis and exocytosis protect cells against severe membrane tension variations

F Mao, Y Yang, H Jiang - Biophysical Journal, 2021 - cell.com
The ability of cells to regulate their shape and volume is critical for many cell functions. How
endocytosis and exocytosis, as important ways of membrane trafficking, affect cellular …