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ArticleBiofabrication2023

Flexible 3D printed microwires and 3D microelectrodes for heart-on-a-chip engineering.

Qinghua Wu, Peikai Zhang, Gerard O'Leary, Yimu Zhao, Yinghao Xu, Naimeh Rafatian, Sargol Okhovatian, Shira Landau, Taufik A Valiante, Jadranka Travas-Sejdic and 1 more

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Article in Biofabrication, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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28 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Qinghua WuInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G9, Canada.
Peikai ZhangSchool of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-7190-7270
Gerard O'LearyInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G9, Canada.
Yimu ZhaoToronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada.
Yinghao XuDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada.
Naimeh RafatianInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G9, Canada.
Sargol OkhovatianInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G9, Canada.
Shira LandauInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3514-3656
Taufik A ValianteInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G9, Canada.
Jadranka Travas-SejdicSchool of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
Milica RadisicInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1249-4135

Funding

Engineering Vascularized Cardiac MuscleR01HL076485 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic · 2005 to 2026
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NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL076485
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We developed a heart-on-a-chip platform that integrates highly flexible, vertical, 3D micropillar electrodes for electrophysiological recording and elastic microwires for the tissue's contractile force assessment. The high aspect ratio microelectrodes were 3D-printed into the device using a conductive polymer, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS). A pair of flexible, quantum dots/thermoplastic elastomer nanocomposite microwires were 3D printed to anchor the tissue and enable continuous contractile force assessment. The 3D microelectrodes and flexible microwires enabled unobstructed human iPSC-based cardiac tissue formation and contraction, suspended above the device surface, under both spontaneous beating and upon pacing with a separate set of integrated carbon electrodes. Recording of extracellular field potentials using the PEDOT:PSS micropillars was demonstrated with and without epinephrine as a model drug, non-invasively, along with

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ElastomersPolymersHumansLab-On-A-Chip DevicesMicroelectrodesPrinting, Three-DimensionalElastomersPolymers3D microelectrodes3D printingcardiomyocytesextracellular field potentialforce sensorheart-on-a-chipPEDOT:PSS

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PMID37230083
PMCPMC10285507

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