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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2022

Digital Light Processing Based Bioprinting with Composable Gradients.

Mian Wang, Wanlu Li, Luis S Mille, Terry Ching, Zeyu Luo, Guosheng Tang, Carlos Ezio Garciamendez, Ami Lesha, Michinao Hashimoto, Yu Shrike Zhang

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Article in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers.

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79 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Mian WangDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8311-8394
Wanlu LiDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2677-2765
Luis S MilleDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Terry ChingDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Zeyu LuoDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Guosheng TangDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Carlos Ezio GarciamendezDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Ami LeshaDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Michinao HashimotoPillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, 487372, Singapore.
Yu Shrike ZhangDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0045-0808

Funding

Recapitulating Ductal Carcinoma on a Chip for Personalized Breast Cancer TherapyR00CA201603 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI ZHANG, Y. SHRIKE · 2019 to 2021
$747k
Multiscale Stereolithogrphic Bioprinting of Stage-Matching Vascularized Tumor ModelsR21EB025270 · NIBIB · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI ZHANG, Y. SHRIKE · 2018 to 2020
$726k
Brigham Research InstituteNational Science Foundation CBET-EBMS-123859NCI NIH HHS R00 CA201603NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB025270NIH HHS R00CA201603NIH HHS R21EB025270President Graduate Fellowship (PGF)Singapore Ministry of Education
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recapitulation of complex tissues signifies a remarkable challenge and, to date, only a few approaches have emerged that can efficiently reconstruct necessary gradients in 3D constructs. This is true even though mimicry of these gradients is of great importance to establish the functionality of engineered tissues and devices. Here, a composable-gradient Digital Light Processing (DLP)-based (bio)printing system is developed, utilizing the unprecedented integration of a microfluidic mixer for the generation of either continual or discrete gradients of desired (bio)inks in real time. Notably, the precisely controlled gradients are composable on-the-fly by facilely by adjusting the (bio)ink flow ratios. In addition, this setup is designed in such a way that (bio)ink waste is minimized when exchanging the gradient (bio)inks, further enhancing this time- and (bio)ink-saving strategy. Various planar and 3D structures exhibiting continual gradients of materials, of cell densities, of growth factor concentrations, of hydrogel stiffness, and of porosities in horizontal and/or vertical direction, are exemplified. The composable fabrication of multifunctional gradients strongly supports the potential of the unique bioprinting system in numerous biomedical applications.

Indexed as

BioprintingHydrogelsInkPrinting, Three-DimensionalTissue EngineeringTissue ScaffoldsHydrogelsbioprintingDigital Light Processinggradient structuresmicrofluidic mixersvat polymerization

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PMID34609032
PMCPMC8741743

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