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ReviewTrends in biotechnology2018

Inflammation-on-a-Chip: Probing the Immune System Ex Vivo.

Daniel Irimia, Xiao Wang

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Review in Trends in biotechnology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Leveraging Microphysiological Systems to Facilitate Neutrophil-Based Cancer Immunotherapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  12. Use and application of organ-on-a-chip platforms in cancer research.Journal of cell communication and signaling · 2023
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  18. Engineering complexity in human tissue models of cancer.Advanced drug delivery reviews · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Daniel IrimiaBioMEMS Resource Center, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Shriners Burns Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/D_Irimia.
Xiao WangBioMEMS Resource Center, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Shriners Burns Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: xwang55@mgh.harvard.edu.

Funding

Bio-MicroElectroMechanical Systems Resource CenterP41EB002503 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI TONER, MEHMET · 2004 to 2018
$17.4M
Neutrophil Decision Making in Confined Environments in Health and DiseaseR01GM092804 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI IRIMIA, DANIEL · 2010 to 2022
$4.3M
Microfluidic Assessment of Clinical Outcomes in Preterm NewbornsR01HD089939 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI IRIMIA, DANIEL, MOLDAWER, LYLE L · 2017 to 2021
$3.3M
NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB002503NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD089939NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM092804
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammation is the typical result of activating the host immune system against pathogens, and it helps to clear microbes from tissues. However, inflammation can occur in the absence of pathogens, contributing to tissue damage and leading to disease. Understanding how immune cells coordinate their activities to initiate, modulate, and terminate inflammation is key to developing effective interventions to preserve health and combat diseases. Towards this goal, inflammation-on-a-chip tools provide unique features that greatly benefit the study of inflammation. They reconstitute tissue environments in microfabricated devices and enable real-time, high-resolution observations and quantification of cellular activities relevant to inflammation. We review here recent advances in inflammation-on-a-chip technologies and highlight the biological insights and clinical applications enabled by these emerging tools.

Indexed as

Lab-On-A-Chip DevicesCell MovementCytokinesExtracellular TrapsHumansImmune SystemInflammationLymphocytesMacrophagesMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesMicrotechnologyMonocytesNeoplasmsNeutrophilsOrganoidsPhagocytosisCytokinesacute inflammationcancerchronic inflammationmicrofluidicsorgan-on-a-chip

Identifiers

PMID29728272
PMCPMC6098972

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