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ReviewMedical & biological engineering & computing2024

Advances and challenges in organ-on-chip technology: toward mimicking human physiology and disease in vitro.

Dhiraj Kumar, Rahul Nadda, Ramjee Repaka

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Review in Medical & biological engineering & computing, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Dhiraj KumarDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Punjab, 140001, India.
Rahul NaddaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Punjab, 140001, India. rahulnadda74@gmail.com.
Ramjee RepakaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Punjab, 140001, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organs-on-chips have been tissues or three-dimensional (3D) mini-organs that comprise numerous cell types and have been produced on microfluidic chips to imitate the complicated structures and interactions of diverse cell types and organs under controlled circumstances. Several morphological and physiological distinctions exist between traditional 2D cultures, animal models, and the growing popular 3D cultures. On the other hand, animal models might not accurately simulate human toxicity because of physiological variations and interspecies metabolic capability. The on-chip technique allows for observing and understanding the process and alterations occurring in metastases. The present study aimed to briefly overview single and multi-organ-on-chip techniques. The current study addresses each platform's essential benefits and characteristics and highlights recent developments in developing and utilizing technologies for single and multi-organs-on-chips. The study also discusses the drawbacks and constraints associated with these models, which include the requirement for standardized procedures and the difficulties of adding immune cells and other intricate biological elements. Finally, a comprehensive review demonstrated that the organs-on-chips approach has a potential way of investigating organ function and disease. The advancements in single and multi-organ-on-chip structures can potentially increase drug discovery and minimize dependency on animal models, resulting in improved therapies for human diseases.

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Lab-On-A-Chip DevicesAnimalsBiomimeticsHumansCancerMetastasesMicrofluidic technologyMulti-organs-on-chipsSingle organ-on-chip

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