Placenta-on-a-Chip as an In Vitro Approach to Evaluate the Physiological and Structural Characteristics of the Human Placental Barrier upon Drug Exposure: A …

FA Elzinga, B Khalili, DJ Touw, JR Prins… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Quantification of fetal drug exposure remains challenging since sampling from the placenta
or fetus during pregnancy is too invasive. Currently existing in vivo (eg, cord blood sampling) …

Chiral nanomaterials in tissue engineering

Z Yang, A Jaiswal, Q Yin, X Lin, L Liu, J Li, X Liu, Z Xu… - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Addressing significant medical challenges arising from tissue damage and organ failure, the
field of tissue engineering has evolved to provide revolutionary approaches for regenerating …

[HTML][HTML] Liver-on-chips for drug discovery and development

V Mehta, G Karnam, V Madgula - Materials Today Bio, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent FDA modernization act 2.0 has led to increasing industrial R&D investment in
advanced in vitro 3D models such as organoids, spheroids, organ-on-chips, 3D bioprinting …

Convenient rapid prototy** microphysiological niche for mimicking liver native basement membrane: Liver sinusoid on a chip

A Ebrahimi, H Ghorbanpoor, E Apaydın… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2025 - Elsevier
Liver is responsible for the metabolization processes of up to 90% of compounds and toxins
in the body. Therefore liver-on-a-chip systems, as an in vitro promising cell culture platform …

Microscale tissue engineering of liver lobule models: advancements and applications

Q Wang, J Liu, W Yin, A Wang, J Zheng… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The liver, as the body's primary organ for maintaining internal balance, is composed of
numerous hexagonal liver lobules, each sharing a uniform architectural framework. These …

Microfluidic liver-on-a-chip for preclinical drug discovery

J Fu, H Qiu, CS Tan - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Drug discovery is an expensive, long, and complex process, usually with a high degree of
uncertainty. In order to improve the efficiency of drug development, effective methods are …

[HTML][HTML] Ex Vivo Tools and Models in MASLD Research

RI Velliou, E Giannousi, C Ralliou, E Kassi… - Cells, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MASLD) presents a growing global
health challenge with limited therapeutic choices. This review delves into the array of ex vivo …

Construction of in vitro liver-on-a-chip models and application progress

J Liu, Y Du, X **ao, D Tan, Y He, L Qin - BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2024 - Springer
The liver is the largest internal organ of the human body. It has a complex structure and
function and plays a vital role in drug metabolism. In recent decades, extensive research has …

Learning about liver regeneration from liver-on-a-chip

M Ortega-Ribera - Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Liver diseases account for a significant number of deaths worldwide, being largely attributed
to complications of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (1). Still, treatment options for …

Advances in drug-induced liver injury research: in vitro models, mechanisms, omics and gene modulation techniques

K Guo, T van den Beucken - Cell & Bioscience, 2024 - Springer
Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) refers to drug-mediated damage to the structure and function
of the liver, ranging from mild elevation of liver enzymes to severe hepatic insufficiency, and …