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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2019

A Microfluidic Chip Embracing a Nanofiber Scaffold for 3D Cell Culture and Real-Time Monitoring.

Jeong Hwa Kim, Ju Young Park, Songwan Jin, Sik Yoon, Jong-Young Kwak, Young Hun Jeong

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. MatriGridBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  9. Organ-On-A-Chip: A Survey of Technical Results and Problems.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022
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  10. Microphysiological systems: What it takes for community adoption.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2021
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  13. Review of 3D Cell Culture with Analysis in Microfluidic Systems.Analytical methods : advancing methods and applications · 2019
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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

6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Jeong Hwa KimDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea. qhfekrn89@gmail.com.
Ju Young ParkDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Korea. juyoung1489@postech.ac.kr.
Songwan JinDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Polytechnic University, Siheung 15073, Korea. songwan@kpu.ac.kr.
Sik YoonDepartment of Anatomy, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan 50612, Korea. sikyoon@pusan.ac.kr.
Jong-Young KwakDepartment of Pharmacology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Korea. jykwak@ajou.ac.kr.
Young Hun JeongSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea. yhjeong@knu.ac.kr.ORCID 0000-0002-0830-4135
Kyungpook National University · KRAjou University · KRPohang University of Science and Technology · KRPusan National University · KRTech University of Korea · KR

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea No. NRF-2012-0009665, 2015R1A2A2A01005515, 2018R1A2B2009540
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, three-dimensional (3D) cell culture and tissue-on-a-chip application have attracted attention because of increasing demand from the industries and their potential to replace conventional two-dimensional culture and animal tests. As a result, numerous studies on 3D in-vitro cell culture and microfluidic chip have been conducted. In this study, a microfluidic chip embracing a nanofiber scaffold is presented. A electrospun nanofiber scaffold can provide 3D cell culture conditions to a microfluidic chip environment, and its perfusion method in the chip can allow real-time monitoring of cell status based on the conditioned culture medium. To justify the applicability of the developed chip to 3D cell culture and real-time monitoring, HepG2 cells were cultured in the chip for 14 days. Results demonstrated that the cells were successfully cultured with 3D culture-specific-morphology in the chip, and their albumin and alpha-fetoprotein production was monitored in real-time for 14 days.

Indexed as

electrospinninghepatocellular carcinoma cellslive assaymicrofluidic chipnanofibers

Identifiers

PMID30974794
PMCPMC6523224
OpenAlexW2936692678

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