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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2026

A Patient-Derived Organ-on-Chip Platform for Modeling the Tumor Microenvironment and Drug Responses in Pancreatic Cancer.

Darbaz Adnan, Natan Roberto de Barros, Luca S Santovito, Xuhong Cheng, Kristi M Lawrence, Mariah K Barnett, Martine D Boetto, Neal Mehta, Ajaypal Singh, Lin Cheng and 2 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Leveraging Microphysiological Systems to Facilitate Neutrophil-Based Cancer Immunotherapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Darbaz AdnanRush Center for Integrated Microbiome and Chronobiology Research, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8583-8966
Natan Roberto de BarrosNational Laboratory of Bioscience (LNBio), National Center of Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), State of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Luca S SantovitoGastroenterology Research Center (GRC)/Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center At Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Xuhong ChengGastroenterology Research Center (GRC)/Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center At Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Kristi M LawrenceRush Center for Integrated Microbiome and Chronobiology Research, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Mariah K BarnettRush Center for Integrated Microbiome and Chronobiology Research, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Martine D BoettoRush Center for Integrated Microbiome and Chronobiology Research, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Neal MehtaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Ajaypal SinghDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Lin ChengDepartment of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Xiangsheng HuangGastroenterology Research Center (GRC)/Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center At Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Faraz BishehsariRush Center for Integrated Microbiome and Chronobiology Research, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5644-2586

Funding

Development of a precision medicine platform for circadian based therapeutics in pancreatic cancerR01CA279487 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI BISHEHSARI, FARAZ · 2022 to 2025
$3.6M
Personalized Organoid-Chip Model For Drug Testing in Pancreatic CancerR21CA277110 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI BISHEHSARI, FARAZ · 2023 to 2024
$410k
NCI NIH HHS CA277110NCI NIH HHS CA279487NCI NIH HHS R01 CA279487NCI NIH HHS R21 CA277110
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a fatal malignancy. Current conventional chemotherapeutics are inadequate in controlling the disease; hence, there is an urgent need for precision medicine. Ex vivo models that replicate the tumor and its microenvironment can advance precision medicine in PDAC. Patient-derived organoids (PDOs) offer a promising solution by retaining the functional features of the tumor, allowing for individualized study of cancer biology and drug response. However, PDOs fall short in replicating the tumor microenvironment (TME), which includes various stromal and immune cells influencing tumor growth and chemoresistance. We hypothesize that combining PDO technology with organ-on-a-chip (OoC) systems can enhance ex vivo cancer modeling. Here, we develop a patient-derived platform by incorporating PDOs with key components of the TME (fibroblasts, endothelial cells, and immune cells) within a microfluidic system. This OoC model represents the crosstalk between cancer and stroma observed in PDAC in vivo. Targeting the stroma improves the effectiveness of standard chemotherapy in this OoC. Further, using this platform, we are able to model and assess the efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade for T cell cytotoxicity in PDAC. The OoC provides a pathophysiologically applicable system to support future investigations aimed at utilizing precision medicine and testing therapeutics in PDAC.

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Antineoplastic AgentsCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalLab-On-A-Chip DevicesOrganoidsPancreatic NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsHumansMicrophysiological SystemsPrecision MedicineAntineoplastic Agentsmicrofluidicorgan on chippancreatic cancerpatient derived organoidstumor microenvironment

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PMCPMC12970226

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