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 multi-organ chip with matured tissue niches linked by vascular flow

K Ronaldson-Bouchard, D Teles, K Yeager… - Nature Biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
Engineered tissues can be used to model human pathophysiology and test the efficacy and
safety of drugs. Yet, to model whole-body physiology and systemic diseases, engineered …

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 …

Human disease models in drug development

A Loewa, JJ Feng, S Hedtrich - Nature reviews bioengineering, 2023 - nature.com
Biomedical research is undergoing a paradigm shift towards approaches centred on human
disease models owing to the notoriously high failure rates of the current drug development …

Organ-on-a-chip: a new paradigm for drug development

C Ma, Y Peng, H Li, W Chen - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2021 - cell.com
The pharmaceutical industry has been desperately searching for efficient drug discovery
methods. Organ-on-a-Chip, a cutting-edge technology that can emulate the physiological …

Automated microfluidic platform for dynamic and combinatorial drug screening of tumor organoids

B Schuster, M Junkin, SS Kashaf… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture technologies, such as organoids, are
physiologically relevant models for basic and clinical applications. Automated microfluidics …

Multiorgan-on-a-chip: a systemic approach to model and decipher inter-organ communication

N Picollet-D'hahan, A Zuchowska, I Lemeunier… - Trends in …, 2021 - cell.com
Multiorgan-on-a-chip (multi-OoC) platforms have great potential to redefine the way in which
human health research is conducted. After briefly reviewing the need for comprehensive …

A human lung alveolus-on-a-chip model of acute radiation-induced lung injury

Q Dasgupta, A Jiang, AM Wen, RJ Mannix… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Acute exposure to high-dose gamma radiation due to radiological disasters or cancer
radiotherapy can result in radiation-induced lung injury (RILI), characterized by acute …

Foundations of gastrointestinal-based drug delivery and future developments

JN Chu, G Traverso - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2022 - nature.com
Gastrointestinal-based drug delivery is considered the preferred mode of drug
administration owing to its convenience for patients, which improves adherence. However …