Conventional and emerging strategies for the fabrication and functionalization of PDMS-based microfluidic devices

A Shakeri, S Khan, TF Didar - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidics is an emerging and multidisciplinary field that is of great interest to
manufacturers in medicine, biotechnology, and chemistry, as it provides unique tools for the …

Brain-on-a-chip: Recent advances in design and techniques for microfluidic models of the brain in health and disease

L Amirifar, A Shamloo, R Nasiri, NR de Barros… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent advances in biomaterials, microfabrication, microfluidics, and cell biology have led to
the development of organ-on-a-chip devices that can reproduce key functions of various …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Organs-on-chips technologies–A guide from disease models to opportunities for drug development

AG Monteduro, S Rizzato, G Caragnano… - Biosensors and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Current in-vitro 2D cultures and animal models present severe limitations in recapitulating
human physiopathology with striking discrepancies in estimating drug efficacy and side …

Advances in microfluidic blood–brain barrier (BBB) models

A Oddo, B Peng, Z Tong, Y Wei, WY Tong… - Trends in …, 2019 - cell.com
Therapeutic options for neurological disorders currently remain limited. The intrinsic
complexity of the brain architecture prevents potential therapeutics from reaching their …

Microfluidic organ-on-a-chip system for disease modeling and drug development

Z Li, J Hui, P Yang, H Mao - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
An organ-on-a-chip is a device that combines micro-manufacturing and tissue engineering
to replicate the critical physiological environment and functions of the human organs …

Drug delivery across the blood–brain barrier: recent advances in the use of nanocarriers

JJE Mulvihill, EM Cunnane, AM Ross, JT Duskey… - …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) has a significant contribution to homeostasis and protection
of the CNS. However, it also limits the crossing of therapeutics and thereby complicates the …

Integrating biosensors in organs-on-chip devices: A perspective on current strategies to monitor microphysiological systems

E Ferrari, C Palma, S Vesentini, P Occhetta, M Rasponi - Biosensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Organs-on-chip (OoC), often referred to as microphysiological systems (MPS), are advanced
in vitro tools able to replicate essential functions of human organs. Owing to their …

Tailoring biomaterials for biomimetic organs-on-chips

L Sun, F Bian, D Xu, Y Luo, Y Wang, Y Zhao - Materials Horizons, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Organs-on-chips are microengineered microfluidic living cell culture devices with
continuously perfused chambers penetrating to cells. By mimicking the biological features of …

[HTML][HTML] Bio-functionalization of microfluidic platforms made of thermoplastic materials: A review

A Shakeri, NA Jarad, S Khan, TF Didar - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
As a result of their favorable physical and chemical characteristics, thermoplastics have
garnered significant interest in the area of microfluidics. The moldable nature of these …