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 …

Organs-on-chips: into the next decade

LA Low, C Mummery, BR Berridge, CP Austin… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Organs-on-chips (OoCs), also known as microphysiological systems or 'tissue
chips'(the terms are synonymous), have attracted substantial interest in recent years owing …

Beyond polydimethylsiloxane: alternative materials for fabrication of organ-on-a-chip devices and microphysiological systems

SB Campbell, Q Wu, J Yazbeck, C Liu… - ACS biomaterials …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is the predominant material used for organ-on-a-chip devices
and microphysiological systems (MPSs) due to its ease-of-use, elasticity, optical …

Evolution of biochip technology: A review from lab-on-a-chip to organ-on-a-chip

N Azizipour, R Avazpour, DH Rosenzweig, M Sawan… - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Following the advancements in microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip (LOC) technologies, a novel
biomedical application for microfluidic based devices has emerged in recent years and …

Reproducing human and cross-species drug toxicities using a Liver-Chip

KJ Jang, MA Otieno, J Ronxhi, HK Lim… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
Nonclinical rodent and nonrodent toxicity models used to support clinical trials of candidate
drugs may produce discordant results or fail to predict complications in humans, contributing …

Microfluidic organ-on-a-chip models of human liver tissue

E Moradi, S Jalili-Firoozinezhad, M Solati-Hashjin - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The liver is the largest internal organ of the body with complex microarchitecture and
function that plays critical roles in drug metabolism. Hepatotoxicity and drug-induced liver …

Organ‐on‐a‐chip platforms: a convergence of advanced materials, cells, and microscale technologies

S Ahadian, R Civitarese, D Bannerman… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Significant advances in biomaterials, stem cell biology, and microscale technologies have
enabled the fabrication of biologically relevant tissues and organs. Such tissues and organs …

Engineering vascularized organoid-on-a-chip models

VS Shirure, CCW Hughes… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Recreating human organ–level function in vitro is a rapidly evolving field that integrates
tissue engineering, stem cell biology, and microfluidic technology to produce 3D organoids …

[HTML][HTML] A 3D microfluidic liver model for high throughput compound toxicity screening in the OrganoPlate®

KM Bircsak, R DeBiasio, M Miedel, A Alsebahi… - Toxicology, 2021 - Elsevier
We report the development, automation and validation of a 3D, microfluidic liver-on-a-chip
for high throughput hepatotoxicity screening, the OrganoPlate LiverTox™. The model is …

Liver 'organ on a chip'

CH Beckwitt, AM Clark, S Wheeler, DL Taylor… - Experimental cell …, 2018 - Elsevier
The liver plays critical roles in both homeostasis and pathology. It is the major site of drug
metabolism in the body and, as such, a common target for drug-induced toxicity and is …