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 …

Architecture design and advanced manufacturing of heart-on-a-chip: scaffolds, stimulation and sensors

F Xu, H **, L Liu, Y Yang, J Cen, Y Wu… - Microsystems & …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Heart-on-a-chip (HoC) has emerged as a highly efficient, cost-effective device for
the development of engineered cardiac tissue, facilitating high-throughput testing in drug …

Microfluidics: a concise review of the history, principles, design, applications, and future outlook

MI Hajam, MM Khan - Biomaterials Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidic technologies have garnered significant attention due to their ability to rapidly
process samples and precisely manipulate fluids in assays, making them an attractive …

In situ biosensing technologies for an organ-on-a-chip

J Kim, J Kim, Y **, SW Cho - Biofabrication, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The in vitro simulation of organs resolves the accuracy, ethical, and cost challenges
accompanying in vivo experiments. Organoids and organs-on-chips have been developed …

Current strategies of mechanical stimulation for maturation of cardiac microtissues

M Carlos-Oliveira, F Lozano-Juan, P Occhetta… - Biophysical …, 2021 - Springer
The most advanced in vitro cardiac models are today based on the use of induced
pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs); however, the maturation of cardiomyocytes (CMs) has not yet …

[HTML][HTML] Liver–Heart on chip models for drug safety

E Ferrari, M Rasponi - APL bioengineering, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Current pre-clinical models to evaluate drug safety during the drug development process
(DDP) mainly rely on traditional two-dimensional cell cultures, considered too simplistic and …

In vitro mechanical stimulation to reproduce the pathological Hallmarks of human cardiac fibrosis on a beating chip and predict the efficacy of drugs and advanced …

R Visone, C Paoletti, A Cordiale… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiac fibrosis is one of the main causes of heart failure, significantly contributing to
mortality. The discovery and development of effective therapies able to heal fibrotic …

Microphysiological constructs and systems: biofabrication tactics, biomimetic evaluation approaches, and biomedical applications

S Zhang, G Xu, J Wu, X Liu, Y Fan, J Chen… - Small …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, microphysiological constructs and systems (MPCs and MPSs) have
undergone significant development, ranging from self‐organized organoids to high …

Building blocks of microphysiological system to model physiology and pathophysiology of human heart

H Vuorenpää, M Björninen, H Välimäki, A Ahola… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Microphysiological systems (MPS) are drawing increasing interest from academia and from
biomedical industry due to their improved capability to capture human physiology. MPS offer …

[HTML][HTML] Continuous contractile force and electrical signal recordings of 3D cardiac tissue utilizing conductive hydrogel pillars on a chip

F Zhang, H Cheng, K Qu, X Qian, Y Lin, Y Zhang… - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
Heart-on-chip emerged as a potential tool for cardiac tissue engineering, recapitulating key
physiological cues in cardiac pathophysiology. Controlled electrical stimulation and the …