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ArticleCurrent opinion in biomedical engineering2020

Microphysiological System Design: Simplicity Is Elegance.

Samuel S Hinman, Raehyun Kim, Yuli Wang, K Scott Phillips, Peter J Attayek, Nancy L Allbritton

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Article in Current opinion in biomedical engineering, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Engineering in vitro vascular microsystems.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2025
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  10. Morphogen Signals Shaping the Gastric Glands in Health and Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  17. Gut-on-a-chip for disease models.Journal of tissue engineering
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Samuel S HinmanDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Raehyun KimJoint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
Yuli WangDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
K Scott PhillipsUnited States Food and Drug Administration, Office of Medical Products and Tobacco, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, Division of Biology, Chemistry and Materials Science, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20993, USA.
Peter J AttayekJoint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
Nancy L AllbrittonDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.

Funding

DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN INTESTINAL SIMULACRAR01DK109559 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ALLBRITTON, NANCY L., BULTMAN, SCOTT J · 2015 to 2019
$5.2M
MICROFABRICATED INSTRUMENTATION TO MEASURE SPHINGOLIPID SIGNALING IN HUMAN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIAR01CA233811 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ALLBRITTON, NANCY L., ARMISTEAD, PAUL MICHAEL · 2019 to 2023
$3.1M
Development of a microphysiologic system to assay the interaction of the human colonic epithelium on Clostridium difficileR01DK120606 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI ALLBRITTON, NANCY L., SHEIKH, SHEHZAD Z. · 2020 to 2023
$2.2M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA233811NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK109559NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK120606
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Design parameters for microphysiological systems (MPS) are driven by the need for new tools to answer questions focusing on human physiology in a robust and reliable manner. Within this perspective, engineering benchmarks and principles are identified to guide the construction of new devices in the MPS field, with emphasis placed on the design principles common to all tissues, as well as those unique to a subset of tissues. Leading organ replica technologies that recapitulate various functions of the brain, heart, intestine, and lung are highlighted as examples that meet the identified benchmarks and standards, with current barriers for large scale production and commercialization discussed. To reach their full potential and achieve widespread use, MPS will have to be recognized officially by government agencies, and toward this end, considerations of MPS as a potential regulatory tool are presented.

Indexed as

high-throughputmicrofabricationmicrophysiological systemorgan-on-a-chipprimary cell culture

Identifiers

PMID32095672
PMCPMC7039652

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