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ArticleiScience2020

Lymph Node Subcapsular Sinus Microenvironment-On-A-Chip Modeling Shear Flow Relevant to Lymphatic Metastasis and Immune Cell Homing.

Katherine G Birmingham, Meghan J O'Melia, Samantha Bordy, David Reyes Aguilar, Bassel El-Reyas, Gregory Lesinski, Susan N Thomas

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Article in iScience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Innovative micro physiological systems for vaccine development.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025
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  9. Understanding the Lymphatic System: Tissue-on-Chip Modeling.Annual review of biomedical engineering · 2025
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  10. Ex Vivo Model of Breast Cancer Cell Invasion in Live Lymph Node Tissue.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2025
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  13. Ex vivo model of breast cancer cell invasion in live lymph node tissue.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  19. Tumor-on-chip platforms for breast cancer continuum concept modeling.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024
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  20. Frontiers in immunology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Katherine G BirminghamGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
Meghan J O'MeliaWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
Samantha BordyGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
David Reyes AguilarGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
Bassel El-ReyasWinship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Gregory LesinskiWinship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Susan N ThomasGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
Georgia Institute of Technology · USEmory University · US

Funding

Translational Therapeutics Research Program (TT)P30CA016058 · NCI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Jennifer A. Woyach · 1985 to 2026
$132.3M
Research Training Program Plan on Cell and Tissue Engineering (CTEng)T32GM008433 · NIGMS · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI GARCIA, ANDRES J · 1991 to 2021
$7.1M
Melanoma immunotherapy targeting sentinel lymph nodesR01CA207619 · NCI · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI THOMAS, SUSAN NAPIER · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
uSHEAR Technology for Cancer Cell PurificaitonR21CA202849 · NCI · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI GARCIA, ANDRES J, THOMAS, SUSAN NAPIER · 2016 to 2018
$600k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016058NCI NIH HHS R01 CA207619NCI NIH HHS R21 CA202849NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008433
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A lymph node sinus-on-a-chip adhesion microfluidic platform that recapitulates the hydrodynamic microenvironment of the lymph node subcapsular sinus was engineered. This device was used to interrogate the effects of lymph node remodeling on cellular adhesion in fluid flow relevant to lymphatic metastasis. Wall shear stress levels analytically estimated and modeled after quiescent and diseased/inflamed lymph nodes were experimentally recapitulated using a flow-based microfluidic perfusion system to assess the effects of physiological flow fields on human metastatic cancer cell adhesion. Results suggest that both altered fluid flow profiles and presentation of adhesive ligands, which are predicted to manifest within the lymph node subcapsular sinus as a result of inflammation-induced remodeling, and the presence of lymph-borne monocytic cells may synergistically contribute to the dynamic extent of cell adhesion in flow relevant to lymph node invasion by cancer and monocytic immune cells during lymphatic metastasis.

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BioengineeringCancerTissue Engineering

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PMID33241198
PMCPMC7672279
OpenAlexW3094739258

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