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ReviewMolecular neurobiology2019

Microfluidic Brain-on-a-Chip: Perspectives for Mimicking Neural System Disorders.

Mirza Ali Mofazzal Jahromi, Amir Abdoli, Mohammad Rahmanian, Hassan Bardania, Mehrdad Bayandori, Seyed Masoud Moosavi Basri, Alireza Kalbasi, Amir Reza Aref, Mahdi Karimi, Michael R Hamblin

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Review in Molecular neurobiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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59citing 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

59 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Advanced Brain-on-a-Chip for Wetware Computing: A Review.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  15. The Evolution of Technology-Driven In Vitro Models for Neurodegenerative Diseases.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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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

10 authors.

Mirza Ali Mofazzal JahromiDepartment of Advanced Medical Sciences & Technologies, School of Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran.
Amir AbdoliResearch Center for Noncommunicable Diseases, School of Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran.
Mohammad RahmanianResearch Center for Noncommunicable Diseases, School of Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran.
Hassan BardaniaCellular and Molecular Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran.
Mehrdad BayandoriOncopathology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Seyed Masoud Moosavi BasriCivil & Environmental Engineering Department, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Alireza KalbasiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Amir Reza ArefDepartment of Cancer Biology, Center for Cancer Systems Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Mahdi KarimiOncopathology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. m_karimy2006@yahoo.com.
Michael R HamblinWellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. hamblin@helix.mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6431-4605

Funding

Photodynamic Therapy of Localized InfectionsR01AI050875 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HAMBLIN, MICHAEL R · 2003 to 2017
$4.8M
Synergistic Photodynamic Therapy for Catherer-Associated Urinary Tract InfectionsR21AI121700 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HAMBLIN, MICHAEL R · 2016 to 2017
$462k
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R01AI050875National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R21AI121700NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050875NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI121700
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) include more than 600 types of nervous system disorders in humans that impact tens of millions of people worldwide. Estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO) suggest NDDs will increase by nearly 50% by 2030. Hence, development of advanced models for research on NDDs is needed to explore new therapeutic strategies and explore the pathogenesis of these disorders. Different approaches have been deployed in order to investigate nervous system disorders, including two-and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) cell cultures and animal models. However, these models have limitations, such as lacking cellular tension, fluid shear stress, and compression analysis; thus, studying the biochemical effects of therapeutic molecules on the biophysiological interactions of cells, tissues, and organs is problematic. The microfluidic "organ-on-a-chip" is an inexpensive and rapid analytical technology to create an effective tool for manipulation, monitoring, and assessment of cells, and investigating drug discovery, which enables the culture of various cells in a small amount of fluid (10

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Lab-On-A-Chip DevicesMicrofluidicsAnimalsBrainHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesSpheroids, CellularTissue EngineeringBrainMicrofluidic brain-on-a-chipNervous systemNeurodegenerative diseasesStem cells

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PMID31264092
PMCPMC6842047

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