Recent advances of organ-on-a-chip in cancer modeling research

X Liu, Q Su, X Zhang, W Yang, J Ning, K Jia, J **n, H Li… - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although many studies have focused on oncology and therapeutics in cancer, cancer
remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Due to the unclear molecular …

Potential long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the pulmonary vasculature: Multilayered cross-talks in the setting of coinfections and comorbidities

R Kumar, Ö Aktay-Cetin, V Craddock… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its sublineages pose a new challenge to healthcare …

3D tissue-engineered vascular drug screening platforms: promise and considerations

I Marei, T Abu Samaan, MA Al-Quradaghi… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Despite the efforts devoted to drug discovery and development, the number of new drug
approvals have been decreasing. Specifically, cardiovascular developments have been …

Engineering Organ-on-a-Chip Systems for Vascular Diseases

A Shakeri, Y Wang, Y Zhao, S Landau… - … , and vascular biology, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Vascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis and thrombosis, are major causes of morbidity
and mortality worldwide. Traditional in vitro models for studying vascular diseases have …

An organ-on-chip model of pulmonary arterial hypertension identifies a BMPR2-SOX17-prostacyclin signalling axis

AJ Ainscough, TJ Smith, M Haensel, CJ Rhodes… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an unmet clinical need. The lack of models of
human disease is a key obstacle to drug development. We present a biomimetic model of …

Rebuilding the Vascular Network: In vivo and in vitro Approaches

X Meng, Y **ng, J Li, C Deng, Y Li, X Ren… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
As the material transportation system of the human body, the vascular network carries the
transportation of materials and nutrients. Currently, the construction of functional …

The Role of Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor Type 2 (BMPR2) and the Prospects of Utilizing Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) in Pulmonary Arterial …

A Devendran, S Kar, R Bailey, MG Trivieri - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive disease characterized by increased
pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), causing right ventricular hypertrophy and ultimately …

Recent advances in lung-on-a-chip technology for modeling respiratory disease

JA Tavares-Negrete, P Das, S Najafikhoshnoo… - Bio-Design and …, 2023 - Springer
Tissue engineering approaches, including those to functional lung tissues, are finely honed
by the inclusion of upgraded devices that mimic biophysical and biochemical features in …

A Vascular Graft On‐a‐Chip Platform for Assessing the Thrombogenicity of Vascular Prosthesis and Coatings with Tuneable Flow and Surface Conditions

VA Bot, A Shakeri, JI Weitz… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Vascular grafts are essential for the management of cardiovascular disease. However, the
lifesaving potential of these devices is undermined by thrombosis arising from material and …

[HTML][HTML] The role of endothelial cells in pulmonary hypertension: old concepts and new science

M Haensel, B Wojciak-Stothard - Current Opinion in Physiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Endothelial dysfunction plays a key role in the initiation and progression of pulmonary
hypertension (PH), a fatal and currently incurable disease associated with increased …