Microfluidics in vascular biology research: a critical review for engineers, biologists, and clinicians

G Simitian, M Virumbrales-Muñoz… - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Neovascularization, the formation of new blood vessels, has received much research
attention due to its implications for physiological processes and diseases. Most studies …

Microscale screening systems for 3D cellular microenvironments: platforms, advances, and challenges

SI Montanez-Sauri, DJ Beebe, KE Sung - Cellular and molecular life …, 2015 - Springer
The increasing interest in studying cells using more in vivo-like three-dimensional (3D)
microenvironments has created a need for advanced 3D screening platforms with enhanced …

Open microfluidic capillary systems

E Berthier, AM Dostie, UN Lee, J Berthier… - Analytical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Open microfluidic capillary systems are a rapidly evolving branch of microfluidics where
fluids are manipulated by capillary forces in channels lacking physical walls on all sides …

Organization of Endothelial Cells, Pericytes, and Astrocytes into a 3D Microfluidic in Vitro Model of the Blood–Brain Barrier

JD Wang, ES Khafagy, K Khanafer… - Molecular …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The endothelial cells lining the capillaries supplying the brain with oxygen and nutrients
form a formidable barrier known as the blood–brain barrier (BBB), which exhibits selective …

Enabling perfusion through multicellular tumor spheroids promoting lumenization in a vascularized cancer model

J Park, S Kim, J Hong, JS Jeon - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
A tumor is composed of heterogeneous cell population, which is known as tumor stroma. In
particular, blood vessels have an indispensable role in the tumor microenvironment acting …

An in vitro model of the tumor–lymphatic microenvironment with simultaneous transendothelial and luminal flows reveals mechanisms of flow enhanced invasion

M Pisano, V Triacca, KA Barbee, MA Swartz - Integrative biology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The most common cancers, including breast and skin, disseminate initially through the
lymphatic system, yet the mechanisms by which tumor cells home towards, enter and …

Integrated in silico and 3D in vitro model of macrophage migration in response to physical and chemical factors in the tumor microenvironment

SWL Lee, RJ Seager, F Litvak, F Spill… - Integrative …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Macrophages are abundant in the tumor microenvironment (TME), serving as accomplices
to cancer cells for their invasion. Studies have explored the biochemical mechanisms that …

Tumor spheroids under perfusion within a 3D microfluidic platform reveal critical roles of cell-cell adhesion in tumor invasion

YL Huang, Y Ma, C Wu, C Shiau, JE Segall, M Wu - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Tumor invasion within the interstitial space is critically regulated by the force balance
between cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) and cell-cell interactions. Interstitial flows (IFs) are …

Integrated electrochemical measurement of endothelial permeability in a 3D hydrogel-based microfluidic vascular model

JF Wong, MD Mohan, EWK Young… - Biosensors and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mimicking the physiological or pathophysiological barrier function of endothelial and
epithelial cells is an essential consideration in organ-on-a-chip models of numerous tissues …

Interstitial flows promote amoeboid over mesenchymal motility of breast cancer cells revealed by a three dimensional microfluidic model

YL Huang, C Tung, A Zheng, BJ Kim, M Wu - Integrative Biology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Malignant tumors are often associated with an elevated fluid pressure due to the abnormal
growth of vascular vessels, and thus an increased interstitial flow out of the tumors. Recent …