Accelerating drug discovery via organs-on-chips

CY Chan, PH Huang, F Guo, X Ding, V Kapur, JD Mai… - Lab on a Chip, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Considerable advances have been made in the development of micro-physiological
systems that seek to faithfully replicate the complexity and functionality of animal and human …

On-chip hydrogel arrays individually encapsulating acoustic formed multicellular aggregates for high throughput drug testing

X Hu, S Zhao, Z Luo, Y Zuo, F Wang, J Zhu, L Chen… - Lab on a Chip, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Multicellular aggregates in three-dimensional (3D) environments provide novel solid tumor
models that can provide insight into in vivo drug resistance. Such models are therefore …

Cellular control of tissue architectures using a three-dimensional tissue fabrication technique

Y Tsuda, T Shimizu, M Yamato, A Kikuchi, T Sasagawa… - Biomaterials, 2007 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering seeks to provide regenerated tissue architectures in vitro but has not yet
successfully created thick, highly vascularized, multi-functional tissues replicating native …

Microfluidic devices as tools for mimicking the in vivo environment

K Ziółkowska, R Kwapiszewski, Z Brzózka - New Journal of Chemistry, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the major branches of microfluidic development is cell engineering. A number of
devices for cell cultivation, lysis, single-cell analysis and cell-based toxicity tests have been …

Synthetic hydrogels for controlled stem cell differentiation

SQ Liu, R Tay, M Khan, PLR Ee, JL Hedrick, YY Yang - Soft Matter, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Stem cells offer great promise for regenerative medicine because of their pluripotency and
their ability for self-renewal; however, their use in clinical treatments requires knowledge of …

[HTML][HTML] Surface acoustic waves grant superior spatial control of cells embedded in hydrogel fibers

JP Lata, F Guo, J Guo, PH Huang, J Yang… - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
By exploiting surface acoustic waves (SAWs) and a coupling layer technique, cells are
patterned within a photosensitive hydrogel fiber to mimic physiological cell arrangement in …

Integrated micro/nanoengineered functional biomaterials for cell mechanics and mechanobiology: a materials perspective

Y Shao, J Fu - Advanced Materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid development of micro/nanoengineered functional biomaterials in the last two
decades has empowered materials scientists and bioengineers to precisely control different …

Nanofiber enabled layer-by-layer approach toward three-dimensional tissue formation

X Yang, JD Shah, H Wang - Tissue Engineering Part A, 2009 - liebertpub.com
Taking rapid and efficient formation of functional tissues as our long-term goal, we discuss in
this study a new and generic approach toward formation of multilayered three-dimensional …

The effect of culture conditions on the adipogenic and osteogenic inductions of mesenchymal stem cells on micropatterned surfaces

R Peng, X Yao, B Cao, J Tang, J Ding - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
Herein we examined an adipogenic or osteogenic induction of rat bone marrow
mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in the corresponding media and a co-induction in a 1: 1 …

Alginate microencapsulation for three-dimensional in vitro cell culture

SM Kang, JH Lee, YS Huh… - ACS biomaterials science …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Advances in microscale 3D cell culture systems have helped to elucidate cellular
physiology, understand mechanisms of stem cell differentiation, produce pathophysiological …