Integrating organoids and organ-on-a-chip devices

Y Zhao, S Landau, S Okhovatian, C Liu… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Organoids and organs-on-chips are two rapidly emerging 3D cell culture techniques that
aim to bridge the gap between in vitro 2D cultures and animal models to enable clinically …

A comprehensive review on 3D tissue models: biofabrication technologies and preclinical applications

R **e, V Pal, Y Yu, X Lu, M Gao, S Liang, M Huang… - Biomaterials, 2024 - Elsevier
The limitations of traditional two-dimensional (2D) cultures and animal testing, when it
comes to precisely foreseeing the toxicity and clinical effectiveness of potential drug …

[HTML][HTML] Biology-inspired microphysiological systems to advance patient benefit and animal welfare in drug development

U Marx, T Akabane, TB Andersson, E Baker… - Altex, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The first microfluidic microphysiological systems (MPS) entered the academic scene more
than 15 years ago and were considered an enabling technology to human in vitro (patho) …

A neurovascular-unit-on-a-chip for the evaluation of the restorative potential of stem cell therapies for ischaemic stroke

Z Lyu, J Park, KM Kim, HJ **, H Wu… - Nature biomedical …, 2021 - nature.com
The therapeutic efficacy of stem cells transplanted into an ischaemic brain depends primarily
on the responses of the neurovascular unit. Here, we report the development and …

Development of a human primary gut-on-a-chip to model inflammatory processes

C Beaurivage, A Kanapeckaite, C Loomans… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a complex multi-factorial disease for which
physiologically relevant in vitro models are lacking. Existing models are often a compromise …

A glomerulus-on-a-chip to recapitulate the human glomerular filtration barrier

A Petrosyan, P Cravedi, V Villani, A Angeletti… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
In this work we model the glomerular filtration barrier, the structure responsible for filtering
the blood and preventing the loss of proteins, using human podocytes and glomerular …

Recent advances in nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems for the kidney

F Oroojalian, F Charbgoo, M Hashemi, A Amani… - Journal of controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
The application of nanotechnology in medicine has the potential to make a great impact on
human health, ranging from prevention to diagnosis and treatment of disease. The kidneys …

Mechanical stimulation: a crucial element of organ-on-chip models

CL Thompson, S Fu, HK Heywood… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Organ-on-chip (OOC) systems recapitulate key biological processes and responses in vitro
exhibited by cells, tissues, and organs in vivo. Accordingly, these models of both health and …

Human organoids for predictive toxicology research and drug development

T Matsui, T Shinozawa - Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Organoids are three-dimensional structures fabricated in vitro from pluripotent stem cells or
adult tissue stem cells via a process of self-organization that results in the formation of organ …

Biosensors integrated 3D organoid/organ-on-a-chip system: A real-time biomechanical, biophysical, and biochemical monitoring and characterization

S Liu, S Kumari, H He, P Mishra, BN Singh… - Biosensors and …, 2023 - Elsevier
As a full-fidelity simulation of human cells, tissues, organs, and even systems at the
microscopic scale, Organ-on-a-Chip (OOC) has significant ethical advantages and …