Organ-Like Cell Cultures in Microfluidic Systems

Organ-Like Cell Cultures in Microfluidic Systems... 

Organ-Like Cell Cultures in Microfluidic Systems, Table 1 Summary of microengineered organ models... 

Organ-Like Cell Cultures in Microfluidic Systems, Fig.1 Schematic depiction of the liver sinusoid showing the linear arrangement of hepatocytes, surrounded by a layer of endothelial cells forming blood vessels... 

Numerous reports of organ-on-chip cultures and the organ-like functions established therein have been published (see Table 1 and references in [3]). Figure 3 shows important examples thereof [8]. Properties and functirm by far superior to conventional 2D and 3D culture systems have been demonstrated, indicating that organ-like cell cultures in microfluidic systems indeed hold great potential for in vitro studies that so far have been limited to animal experimentation. 

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