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ArticleScience advances2019

Organ-on-e-chip: Three-dimensional self-rolled biosensor array for electrical interrogations of human electrogenic spheroids.

Anna Kalmykov, Changjin Huang, Jacqueline Bliley, Daniel Shiwarski, Joshua Tashman, Arif Abdullah, Sahil K Rastogi, Shivani Shukla, Elnatan Mataev, Adam W Feinberg and 2 more

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Article in Science advances, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
87citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

87 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 217 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Advances in Engineering Human Tissue Models.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020
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  2. Three-dimensional microelectrode arrays forBiomedical engineering letters · 2026
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  6. Organoid Brain-Machine-Interface Devices for Central Nervous System Repair.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  15. Generation and applications of cardiac spheroids.npj biomedical innovations · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Anna KalmykovDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3946-1184
Changjin HuangSchool of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798 Singapore, Republic of Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-1941-1200
Jacqueline BlileyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6605-9916
Daniel ShiwarskiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6978-303X
Joshua TashmanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8193-0039
Arif AbdullahDepartment of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA.
Sahil K RastogiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1265-8769
Shivani ShuklaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6017-4104
Elnatan MataevDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1429-4367
Adam W FeinbergDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3338-5456
K Jimmy HsiaSchool of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798 Singapore, Republic of Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-5323-5442
Tzahi Cohen-KarniDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5742-1007
Carnegie Mellon University · USNanyang Technological University · SGUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

Extracellular vesicles and their ncRNA cargo as markers of trophoblast injuryR01HD086325 · NICHD · MAGEE-WOMEN'S RES INST AND FOUNDATION · PI SADOVSKY, YOEL · 2015 to 2019
$3.6M
Mapping 3D Mechanical Strains During Embryonic Heart Formation to Improve the Structure and Function of Engineered Human Heart MuscleF32HL142229 · NHLBI · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · PI SHIWARSKI, DANIEL J · 2018 to 2019
$120k
NHLBI NIH HHS F32 HL142229NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD086325
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell-cell communication plays a pivotal role in coordination and function of biological systems. Three-dimensional (3D) spheroids provide venues to explore cellular communication for tissue development and drug discovery, as their 3D architecture mimics native in vivo microenvironments. Cellular electrophysiology is a prevalent signaling paradigm for studying electroactive cells. Currently, electrophysiological studies do not provide direct, multisite, simultaneous investigation of tissues in 3D. In this study, 3D self-rolled biosensor arrays (3D-SR-BAs) of either active field-effect transistors or passive microelectrodes were implemented to interface human cardiac spheroids in 3D. The arrays provided continuous and stable multiplexed recordings of field potentials with high sensitivity and spatiotemporal resolution, supported with simultaneous calcium imaging. Our approach enables electrophysiological investigation and monitoring of the complex signal transduction in 3D cellular assemblies toward an organ-on-an-electronic-chip (organ-on-e-chip) platform for tissue maturation investigations and development of drugs for disease treatment, such as arrhythmias.

Indexed as

Cell CommunicationMicroelectrodesBiosensing TechniquesHumansSpheroids, Cellular

Identifiers

PMID31467978
PMCPMC6707782
OpenAlexW2969783882

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