Liver regeneration and immunity: a tale to tell

N Di-Iacovo, S Pieroni, D Piobbico, M Castelli… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The physiological importance of the liver is demonstrated by its unique and essential ability
to regenerate following extensive injuries affecting its function. By regenerating, the liver …

Models for barrier understanding in health and disease in lab-on-a-chips

J Ponmozhi, S Dhinakaran, D Kocsis, K Iván… - Tissue …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The maintenance of body homeostasis relies heavily on physiological barriers. Dysfunction
of these barriers can lead to various pathological processes, including increased exposure …

A pumpless liver-on-a-chip for drug hepatotoxicity analysis

D Jiao, L Xie, W Xing - Analyst, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
This study presents the development and validation of an innovative microfluidic liver-on-a-
chip device utilizing gravity-driven perfusion for the evaluation of drug hepatotoxicity. This …

Convenient rapid prototyping microphysiological niche for mimicking liver native basement membrane: Liver sinusoid on a chip

A Ebrahimi, H Ghorbanpoor, E Apaydın… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2025 - Elsevier
Liver is responsible for the metabolization processes of up to 90% of compounds and toxins
in the body. Therefore liver-on-a-chip systems, as an in vitro promising cell culture platform …

The 3Rs in experimental liver disease

S Martinez-Lopez, E Angel-Gomis, E Sanchez-Ardid… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This article provides a review of recent studies that explore the application
of the 3Rs in experimental animal models of liver disease, comparing different models for a …

Opportunities and considerations for studying liver disease with microphysiological systems on a chip

AE Otumala, DJ Hellen, CA Luna, P Delgado… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Advances in microsystem engineering have enabled the development of highly controlled
models of the liver that better recapitulate the unique in vivo biological conditions. In just a …

Effects of tannic acid on liver function in a small hepatocyte–based detachable microfluidic platform

PY Chen, YH Liao, WT Huang, YC Lin… - Biochemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tannic acid (TA) has been used to treat diarrhea, local skin burns, and rectal diseases and
as a natural nonautogenous material in cell therapy. Since the ancient times, East Asian …

Toolbox for creating three-dimensional liver models

I Panchuk, S Smirnikhina - Biochemical and Biophysical Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Research within the hepato-biliary system and hepatic function is currently experiencing
heightened interest, this is due to the high frequency of relapse rates observed in chronic …

Human induced pluripotent stem cell–derived liver-on-a-chip for studying drug metabolism: the challenge of the cytochrome P450 family

I Tamargo-Rubio, AB Simpson… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The liver is the primary organ responsible for the detoxification and metabolism of drugs. To
date, a lack of preclinical models that accurately emulate drug metabolism by the human …

Current research trends in the application of in vitro three-dimensional models of liver cells

C Yun, SH Kim, YS Jung - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The liver produces and stores various nutrients that are necessary for the body and serves
as a chemical plant, metabolizing carbohydrates, fats, hormones, vitamins, and minerals. It is …