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ArticleFEBS open bio2026

A new flow chip in combination with multiphoton microscopy as a protocol for longitudinal 3D imaging of tissue calcification under shear stress.

Vytautas Kučikas, Aaron D Morgan, Ignas Čiurlionis, Christian Böhm, Stefan Jockenhövel, Willi Jahnen-Dechent, Marc A M J van Zandvoort

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Article in FEBS open bio, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Vytautas KučikasDepartment of Genetics and Cell Biology, Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction (GROW), Maastricht University, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4964-327X
Aaron D MorganHelmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Biointerface Lab, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Germany.
Ignas ČiurlionisScience College, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
Christian BöhmDepartment of Biohybrid & Medical Textiles (BioTex), AME-Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering & Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA), RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
Stefan JockenhövelDepartment of Biohybrid & Medical Textiles (BioTex), AME-Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering & Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA), RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
Willi Jahnen-DechentHelmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Biointerface Lab, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Germany.
Marc A M J van ZandvoortDepartment of Genetics and Cell Biology, Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction (GROW), Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 403043858
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a novel miniaturized flow chip platform enabling thin-layer smooth muscle cell (SMC) culture, continuous tangential perfusion, dual-channel nutrient control, and longitudinal subcellular resolution 3-D imaging via multiphoton microscopy. Using a case study of longitudinal imaging of vascular calcification, a key pathological process in cardiovascular disease typically challenging to dynamically model under physiological flow, we describe the platform and its potential. Within this system, immortalized vascular SMCs embedded in fibrin hydrogel on a textile-reinforced scaffold are exposed to unidirectional flow (12 mL·min

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calcificationflow chiplive imagingmultiphoton

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PMID42333054
PMCPMC13399121

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