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ArticleLab on a chip2026

Bacterial extracellular vesicles indirectly destabilize a human stem cell-derived blood-brain barrier on-chip through pro-inflammatory stimulation of immune cells.

Louis P Widom, Panteha Torabian, Michelle A Trempel, Molly C McCloskey, Lea V Michel, James L McGrath, Thomas R Gaborski

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Article in Lab on a chip, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Louis P WidomDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA. trgbme@rit.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2492-9004
Panteha TorabianDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA. trgbme@rit.edu.ORCID 0009-0006-2163-0564
Michelle A TrempelDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-3881-3220
Molly C McCloskeyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5237-8422
Lea V MichelSchool of Chemistry and Materials Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6104-4646
James L McGrathDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2017-8335
Thomas R GaborskiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA. trgbme@rit.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3676-3208

Funding

MPS Resources SectionU2CAG088071 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI James L McGrath · 2024 to 2026
$5.9M
The µSiM-hNVU - a human BBB platform for the study of brain injury mechanisms during systemic infectionR33HL154249 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI ENGELHARDT, BRITTA, GABORSKI, THOMAS R · 2022 to 2024
$2.2M
Engineering Cell-Substrate Interactions on Porous Membranes to Create Physiologically Relevant Model SystemsR35GM153461 · NIGMS · ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI THOMAS R GABORSKI · 2024 to 2026
$1.1M
Using nanopocket membranes to capture bacterial outer membrane vesicles from biofluidsR21AI163782 · NIAID · ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI GABORSKI, THOMAS R, MICHEL, LEA VACCA · 2021 to 2022
$417k
NHLBI NIH HHS R33 HL154249NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI163782NIA NIH HHS U2C AG088071NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM153461
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathogenic bacterial extracellular vesicles (BEVs) can disrupt the blood-brain barrier (BBB), leading to neuroinflammation. Prior

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Blood-Brain BarrierEscherichia coliExtracellular VesiclesInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsLab-On-A-Chip DevicesCytokinesEndothelial CellsHumansLipopolysaccharidesMacrophagesMicrophysiological SystemsPericytesTHP-1 CellsCytokinesLipopolysaccharides

Identifiers

PMID41978430
PMCPMC13077281

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