Microfluidic cell culture models for tissue engineering

NK Inamdar, JT Borenstein - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2011 - Elsevier
Microfluidic systems have emerged as revolutionary new platform technologies for a range
of applications, from consumer products such as inkjet printer cartridges to lab-on-a-chip …

Physiologically relevant organs on chips

K Yum, SG Hong, KE Healy, LP Lee - Biotechnology journal, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in integrating microengineering and tissue engineering have generated
promising microengineered physiological models for experimental medicine and …

[PDF][PDF] Omnidirectional printing of 3D microvascular networks

W Wu, A DeConinck, JA Lewis - Advanced materials, 2011 - lewisgroup.seas.harvard.edu
Nature is replete with examples of microvascular systems that enable efficient fluid flow and
distribution for autonomic healing, cooling, and energy harvesting. Emulating these systems …

Control of perfusable microvascular network morphology using a multiculture microfluidic system

JA Whisler, MB Chen, RD Kamm - Tissue engineering part C …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
The mechanical and biochemical microenvironment influences the morphological
characteristics of microvascular networks (MVNs) formed by endothelial cells (ECs) …

The influence of size, shape and vessel geometry on nanoparticle distribution

J Tan, S Shah, A Thomas, HD Ou-Yang… - Microfluidics and …, 2013 - Springer
Nanoparticles (NPs) are emerging as promising carrier platforms for targeted drug delivery
and imaging probes. To evaluate the delivery efficiency, it is important to predict the …

Poly (ethylene oxide) layers grafted to dopamine-melanin anchoring layer: stability and resistance to protein adsorption

O Pop-Georgievski, S Popelka, M Houska… - …, 2011 - ACS Publications
In this study, we propose substrate-independent modification for creating a protein-repellent
surface based on dopamine-melanin anchoring layer used for subsequent binding of poly …

Emerging techniques in stratified designs and continuous gradients for tissue engineering of interfaces

NH Dormer, CJ Berkland, MS Detamore - Annals of biomedical …, 2010 - Springer
Interfacial tissue engineering is an emerging branch of regenerative medicine, where
engineers are faced with developing methods for the repair of one or many functional tissue …

Fabrication of nature-inspired microfluidic network for perfusable tissue constructs.

J He, M Mao, Y Liu, J Shao, Z Jin, D Li - Advanced healthcare …, 2013 - europepmc.org
A microreplication method is presented to transfer nature optimized vascular network of leaf
venation into various synthetic matrixes. The biomaterial hydrogel with these microfluidic …

Optimizing bifurcated channels within an anisotropic scaffold for engineering vascularized oriented tissues

Y Fang, L Ouyang, T Zhang, C Wang… - Advanced healthcare …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite progress in engineering both vascularized tissues and oriented tissues, the
fabrication of 3D vascularized oriented tissues remains a challenge due to an inability to …

Stem cell therapy and tissue engineering strategies using cell aggregates and decellularized scaffolds for the rescue of liver failure

J Zhang, HF Chan, H Wang, D Shao… - Journal of Tissue …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Liver failure is a lethal condition with hepatocellular dysfunction, and liver transplantation is
presently the only effective treatment. However, due to the limited availability of donors and …