A guide to the organ-on-a-chip

CM Leung, P De Haan… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Organs-on-chips (OoCs) are systems containing engineered or natural miniature
tissues grown inside microfluidic chips. To better mimic human physiology, the chips are …

Human organs-on-chips for disease modelling, drug development and personalized medicine

DE Ingber - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
The failure of animal models to predict therapeutic responses in humans is a major problem
that also brings into question their use for basic research. Organ-on-a-chip (organ chip) …

A nitric-oxide driven chemotactic nanomotor for enhanced immunotherapy of glioblastoma

H Chen, T Li, Z Liu, S Tang, J Tong, Y Tao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The major challenges of immunotherapy for glioblastoma are that drugs cannot target tumor
sites accurately and properly activate complex immune responses. Herein, we design and …

Extracellular vesicles through the blood–brain barrier: A review

HM Ramos-Zaldívar, I Polakovicova… - Fluids and Barriers of …, 2022 - Springer
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are particles naturally released from cells that are delimited by a
lipid bilayer and are unable to replicate. How the EVs cross the Blood–Brain barrier (BBB) in …

Short chain fatty acids: key regulators of the local and systemic immune response in inflammatory diseases and infections

LM Ney, M Wipplinger, M Grossmann… - Open …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The human intestinal microbiome substantially affects human health and resistance to
infections in its dynamic composition and varying release of microbial-derived metabolites …

Neuropathogenesis-on-chips for neurodegenerative diseases

S Amartumur, H Nguyen, T Huynh, TS Kim… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Develo** diagnostics and treatments for neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) is
challenging due to multifactorial pathogenesis that progresses gradually. Advanced in vitro …

An ultrathin membrane mediates tissue-specific morphogenesis and barrier function in a human kidney chip

X Mou, J Shah, Y Roye, C Du, S Musah - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Organ-on-chip (OOC) systems are revolutionizing tissue engineering by providing dynamic
models of tissue structure, organ-level function, and disease phenotypes using human cells …

Engineered human blood–brain barrier microfluidic model for vascular permeability analyses

C Hajal, GS Offeddu, Y Shin, S Zhang, O Morozova… - Nature protocols, 2022 - nature.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) greatly restricts the entry of biological and engineered
therapeutic molecules into the brain. Due to challenges in translating results from animal …

The blood–brain barrier: composition, properties, and roles in brain health

B Lacoste, A Prat… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2024 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Blood vessels are critical to deliver oxygen and nutrients to tissues and organs throughout
the body. The blood vessels that vascularize the central nervous system (CNS) possess …

The tumor microenvironment in tumorigenesis and therapy resistance revisited

K Dzobo, DA Senthebane, C Dandara - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Tumors are not masses of cancer cells alone but made up of cancer cells,
other cells including fibroblasts, macrophages, endothelial cells, as well as secreted factors …