A guide to the organ-on-a-chip

CM Leung, P De Haan… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Organs-on-chips (OoCs) are systems containing engineered or natural miniature
tissues grown inside microfluidic chips. To better mimic human physiology, the chips are …

Organ-on-a-chip: Recent breakthroughs and future prospects

Q Wu, J Liu, X Wang, L Feng, J Wu, X Zhu… - Biomedical engineering …, 2020 - Springer
The organ-on-a-chip (OOAC) is in the list of top 10 emerging technologies and refers to a
physiological organ biomimetic system built on a microfluidic chip. Through a combination of …

High-throughput organ-on-chip platform with integrated programmable fluid flow and real-time sensing for complex tissue models in drug development workflows

H Azizgolshani, JR Coppeta, EM Vedula, EE Marr… - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Drug development suffers from a lack of predictive and human-relevant in vitro models.
Organ-on-chip (OOC) technology provides advanced culture capabilities to generate …

Microfluidic organ-on-a-chip models of human liver tissue

E Moradi, S Jalili-Firoozinezhad, M Solati-Hashjin - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The liver is the largest internal organ of the body with complex microarchitecture and
function that plays critical roles in drug metabolism. Hepatotoxicity and drug-induced liver …

Liver organ-on-chip models for toxicity studies and risk assessment

T Messelmani, L Morisseau, Y Sakai, C Legallais… - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The liver is a key organ that plays a pivotal role in metabolism and ensures a variety of
functions in the body, including homeostasis, synthesis of essential components, nutrient …

[HTML][HTML] Patient-derived pancreatic cancer-on-a-chip recapitulates the tumor microenvironment

MR Haque, CR Wessel, DD Leary, C Wang… - Microsystems & …, 2022 - nature.com
The patient population suffering from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) presents,
as a whole, with a high degree of molecular tumor heterogeneity. The heterogeneity of …

Engineered liver-on-a-chip platform to mimic liver functions and its biomedical applications: A review

J Deng, W Wei, Z Chen, B Lin, W Zhao, Y Luo, X Zhang - Micromachines, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hepatology and drug development for liver diseases require in vitro liver models. Typical
models include 2D planar primary hepatocytes, hepatocyte spheroids, hepatocyte …

Cell sources for in vitro human liver cell culture models

K Zeilinger, N Freyer, G Damm… - Experimental …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
In vitro liver cell culture models are gaining increasing importance in pharmacological and
toxicological research. The source of cells used is critical for the relevance and the …

Advances in organ-on-a-chip materials and devices

BK Nahak, A Mishra, S Preetam… - ACS applied bio …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The organ-on-a-chip (OoC) paves a way for biomedical applications ranging from preclinical
to clinical translational precision. The current trends in the in vitro modeling is to reduce the …

Multiscale biomechanics and mechanotransduction from liver fibrosis to cancer

N Li, X Zhang, J Zhou, W Li, X Shu, Y Wu… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
A growing body of multiscale biomechanical studies has been proposed to highlight the
mechanical cues in the development of hepatic fibrosis and cancer. At the cellular level …