Microfluidic platforms for mechanobiology

Matrix elasticity directs stem cell lineage specification

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SOFT LITHOGRAPHY

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Reconstituting organ-level lung functions on a chip

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Tensional homeostasis and the malignant phenotype

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Cells lying on a bed of microneedles: An approach to isolate mechanical force

Tan, J. L., Tien, J., Pirone, D. M., Gray, D. S., Bhadriraju, K., & Chen, C. S. (2003) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · doi:10.1073/pnas.0235407100 · Cited by 2,036 · see citing works

From 3D cell culture to organs-on-chips

Huh, D., Hamilton, G. A., & Ingber, D. E. (2011) · Trends in Cell Biology · doi:10.1016/j.tcb.2011.09.005 · Cited by 1,834 · see citing works

Myotubes differentiate optimally on substrates with tissue-like stiffness

Engler, A. J., Griffin, M. A., Sen, S., Bönnemann, C. G., Sweeney, H. L., & Discher, D. E. (2004) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.200405004 · Cited by 1,743 · see citing works

Human gut-on-a-chip inhabited by microbial flora that experiences intestinal peristalsis-like motions and flow

Kim, H. J., Huh, D., Hamilton, G., & Ingber, D. E. (2012) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c2lc40074j · Cited by 1,734 · see citing works

Fibroblast-led collective invasion of carcinoma cells with differing roles for RhoGTPases in leading and following cells

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The physics of cancer: the role of physical interactions and mechanical forces in metastasis

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Migration and proliferation of endothelial cells in preformed and newly formed blood vessels during tumor angiogenesis

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A model for the excitation of osteocytes by mechanical loading-induced bone fluid shear stresses

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A microfluidic culture platform for CNS axonal injury, regeneration and transport

Taylor, A. M., Blurton-Jones, M. M., Rhee, S. W., Cribbs, D. H., Cotman, C. W., & Jeon, N. L. (2005) · Nature Methods · doi:10.1038/nmeth777 · Cited by 1,138 · see citing works

The Dynamic Response of Vascular Endothelial Cells to Fluid Shear Stress

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Cell and molecular mechanics of biological materials

Bao, G., & Suresh, S. (2003) · Nature Materials · doi:10.1038/nmat1001 · Cited by 1,058 · see citing works

Generation of Solution and Surface Gradients Using Microfluidic Systems

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Molecular basis of the effects of shear stress on vascular endothelial cells

Li, Y.-S. J., Haga, J. H., & Chien, S. (2005) · Journal of Biomechanics · doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.09.030 · Cited by 904 · see citing works

Chemotaxis in cancer

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Neurite branching on deformable substrates

Flanagan, L. A., Ju, Y. S., Marg, B., Osterfield, M., & Janmey, P. A. (2002) · Neuroreport · doi:10.1097/00001756-200212200-00007 · Cited by 759 · see citing works

Mechanisms of heterogeneous distribution of monoclonal antibodies and other macromolecules in tumors: significance of elevated interstitial pressure.

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The organizing principle: microenvironmental influences in the normal and malignant breast

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Interstitial Flow and Its Effects in Soft Tissues

Swartz, M. A., & Fleury, M. E. (2007) · Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering · doi:10.1146/annurev.bioeng.9.060906.151850 · Cited by 589 · see citing works

Autologous Chemotaxis as a Mechanism of Tumor Cell Homing to Lymphatics via Interstitial Flow and Autocrine CCR7 Signaling

Shields, J. D., Fleury, M. E., Yong, C., Tomei, A. A., Randolph, G. J., & Swartz, M. A. (2007) · Cancer Cell · doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2007.04.020 · Cited by 555 · see citing works

Matrix stiffness-induced myofibroblast differentiation is mediated by intrinsic mechanotransduction

Huang, X., Yang, N., Fiore, V. F., Barker, T. H., Sun, Y., Morris, S. W., Ding, Q., Thannickal, V. J., & Zhou, Y. (2012) · American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology · doi:10.1165/rcmb.2012-0050oc · Cited by 530 · see citing works

Interstitial flow influences direction of tumor cell migration through competing mechanisms

Polacheck, W. J., Charest, J. L., & Kamm, R. D. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1103581108 · Cited by 509 · see citing works

Tensile properties of human knee joint cartilage: I. Influence of ionic conditions, weight bearing, and fibrillation on the tensile modulus

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Fluid forces control endothelial sprouting

Song, J. W., & Munn, L. L. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1105316108 · Cited by 498 · see citing works

A multi-layer microfluidic device for efficient culture and analysis of renal tubular cells

Jang, K., & Suh, K. (2009) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/b907515a · Cited by 497 · see citing works

Acoustically detectable cellular-level lung injury induced by fluid mechanical stresses in microfluidic airway systems

Huh, D., Fujioka, H., Tung, Y., Futai, N., Paine, R., Grotberg, J. B., & Takayama, S. (2007) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0610868104 · Cited by 496 · see citing works

Biomechanics and biophysics of cancer cells☆

Suresh, S. (2007) · Acta Materialia · doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2007.04.022 · Cited by 467 · see citing works

Gradients of substrate-bound laminin orient axonal specification of neurons

Dertinger, S. K. W., Jiang, X., Li, Z., Murthy, V. N., & Whitesides, G. M. (2002) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.192457199 · Cited by 446 · see citing works

Microfabricated tissue gauges to measure and manipulate forces from 3D microtissues

Legant, W. R., Pathak, A., Yang, M. T., Deshpande, V. S., McMeeking, R. M., & Chen, C. S. (2009) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0900174106 · Cited by 427 · see citing works

A microfabricated platform to measure and manipulate the mechanics of engineered cardiac microtissues

Boudou, T., Legant, W. R., Mu, A., Borochin, M. A., Thavandiran, N., Radisic, M., Zandstra, P. W., Epstein, J. A., Margulies, K. B., & Chen, C. S. (2012) · Tissue Engineering Part A · doi:10.1089/ten.tea.2011.0341 · Cited by 413 · see citing works

Direct measurement of interstitial convection and diffusion of albumin in normal and neoplastic tissues by fluorescence photobleaching.

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Stretchy Proteins on Stretchy Substrates: The Important Elements of Integrin-Mediated Rigidity Sensing

Moore, S. W., Roca‐Cusachs, P., & Sheetz, M. P. (2010) · Developmental Cell · doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2010.07.018 · Cited by 407 · see citing works

Microengineered Platforms for Cell Mechanobiology

Kim, D., Wong, P. K., Park, J., Levchenko, A., & Sun, Y. (2009) · Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering · doi:10.1146/annurev-bioeng-061008-124915 · Cited by 407 · see citing works

A new vacuum-operated stress-providing instrument that applies static or variable duration cyclic tension or compression to cells in vitro

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Physical Aspects of Cell Culture Substrates: Topography, Roughness, and Elasticity

Ross, A. M., Jiang, Z., Bastmeyer, M., & Lahann, J. (2011) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.201100934 · Cited by 358 · see citing works

Drug‐screening platform based on the contractility of tissue‐engineered muscle

Vandenburgh, H. H., Shansky, J., Benesch, F., Barbata, V., Reid, J., Thorrez, L., Valentini, R. F., & Crawford, G. (2008) · Muscle & Nerve · doi:10.1002/mus.20931 · Cited by 323 · see citing works

Microscale 3-D hydrogel scaffold for biomimetic gastrointestinal (GI) tract model

Sung, J. H., Yu, J., Luo, D., Shuler, M. L., & March, J. C. (2010) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c0lc00273a · Cited by 321 · see citing works

Mechanical Heterogeneity of the Rat Hippocampus Measured by Atomic Force Microscope Indentation

Elkin, B. S., Azeloglu, E. U., Costa, K. D., & Morrison, B. (2007) · Journal of Neurotrauma · doi:10.1089/neu.2006.0169 · Cited by 318 · see citing works

Microfluidic Endothelium for Studying the Intravascular Adhesion of Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells

Song, J. W., Cavnar, S. P., Walker, A. C., Luker, K. E., Gupta, M., Tung, Y.-C., Luker, G. D., & Takayama, S. (2009) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005756 · Cited by 317 · see citing works

Microfluidic Multicompartment Device for Neuroscience Research

Taylor, A. M., Rhee, S. W., Tu, C. H., Cribbs, D. H., Cotman, C. W., & Jeon, N. L. (2002) · Langmuir · doi:10.1021/la026417v · Cited by 290 · see citing works

Formation and optogenetic control of engineered 3D skeletal muscle bioactuators

Sakar, M. S., Neal, D. M., Boudou, T., Borochin, M. A., Li, Y., Weiss, R., Kamm, R. D., Chen, C. S., & Asada, H. H. (2012) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c2lc40338b · Cited by 283 · see citing works

Dynamics of shear-induced ATP release from red blood cells

Wan, J., Ristenpart, W. D., & Stone, H. A. (2008) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0805779105 · Cited by 279 · see citing works

Axon diodes for the reconstruction of oriented neuronal networks in microfluidic chambers

Peyrin, J., Deleglise, B., Saïas, L., Vignes, M., Gougis, P., Magnifico, S., Bétuing, S., Pietri, M., Caboche, J., Vanhoutte, P., et al. (2011) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c1lc20014c · Cited by 270 · see citing works

Stepping out of the flow: capillary extravasation in cancer metastasis

Miles, F. L., Pruitt, F. L., van Golen, K. L., & Cooper, C. R. (2007) · Clinical & Experimental Metastasis · doi:10.1007/s10585-007-9098-2 · Cited by 263 · see citing works

Flexible substrata for the detection of cellular traction forces

Beningo, K. A., & Wang, Y.-L. (2002) · Trends in Cell Biology · doi:10.1016/s0962-8924(01)02205-x · Cited by 258 · see citing works

Computer-Controlled Microcirculatory Support System for Endothelial Cell Culture and Shearing

Song, J. W., Gu, W., Futai, N., Warner, K. A., Nor, J. E., & Takayama, S. (2005) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/ac050131o · Cited by 249 · see citing works

Presynaptic regulation of astroglial excitatory neurotransmitter transporter GLT1

Yang, Y., Gozen, O., Watkins, A., Lorenzini, I., Lepore, A., Gao, Y., Vidensky, S., Brennan, J., Poulsen, D., Won Park, J., et al. (2009) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2009.02.010 · Cited by 237 · see citing works

Spontaneous migration of cancer cells under conditions of mechanical confinement

Irimia, D., & Toner, M. (2009) · Integrative Biology · doi:10.1039/b908595e · Cited by 234 · see citing works

Tumor cell migration in complex microenvironments

Polacheck, W. J., Zervantonakis, I. K., & Kamm, R. D. (2012) · Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences · doi:10.1007/s00018-012-1115-1 · Cited by 222 · see citing works

Combination of fluid and solid mechanical stresses contribute to cell death and detachment in a microfluidic alveolar model

Douville, N. J., Zamankhan, P., Tung, Y.-C., Li, R., Vaughan, B. L., Tai, C.-F., White, J., Christensen, P. J., Grotberg, J. B., & Takayama, S. (2011) · Lab Chip · doi:10.1039/c0lc00251h · Cited by 216 · see citing works

An actuated pump on-chip powered by cultured cardiomyocytes

Tanaka, Y., Morishima, K., Shimizu, T., Kikuchi, A., Yamato, M., Okano, T., & Kitamori, T. (2006) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/b515149j · Cited by 210 · see citing works

A parallel-gradient microfluidic chamber for quantitative analysis of breast cancer cell chemotaxis

Saadi, W. M., Wang, S., Lin, F., & Jeon, N. L. (2006) · Biomedical Microdevices · doi:10.1007/s10544-006-7706-6 · Cited by 204 · see citing works

Neurite growth in 3D collagen gels with gradients of mechanical properties

Sundararaghavan, H. G., Monteiro, G. A., Firestein, B. L., & Shreiber, D. I. (2008) · Biotechnology and Bioengineering · doi:10.1002/bit.22074 · Cited by 196 · see citing works

Generation of oxygen gradients in microfluidic devices for cell culture using spatially confined chemical reactions

Chen, Y.-A., King, A., Shih, H.-C., Peng, C., Wu, C., Liao, W., & Tung, Y. (2011) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c1lc20325h · Cited by 185 · see citing works

Effect of mechanical factors on the function of engineered human blood microvessels in microfluidic collagen gels

Price, G. M., Wong, K. H. K., Truslow, J. G., Leung, A. D., Acharya, C., & Tien, J. (2010) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.04.041 · Cited by 184 · see citing works

A micro-spherical heart pump powered by cultured cardiomyocytes

Tanaka, Y., Sato, K., Shimizu, T., Yamato, M., Okano, T., & Kitamori, T. (2006) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/b612082b · Cited by 181 · see citing works

Mechanical tension contributes to clustering of neurotransmitter vesicles at presynaptic terminals

Siechen, S., Yang, S., Chiba, A., & Saif, M. T. A. (2009) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0901867106 · Cited by 176 · see citing works

Migration dynamics of breast cancer cells in a tunable 3D interstitial flow chamber

Haessler, U., Teo, J. C. M., Foretay, D., Renaud, P., & Swartz, M. A. (2012) · Integrative Biology · doi:10.1039/c1ib00128k · Cited by 176 · see citing works

The dynamic behavior of chemically “stiffened” red blood cells in microchannel flows

Forsyth, A. M., Wan, J., Ristenpart, W. D., & Stone, H. A. (2010) · Microvascular Research · doi:10.1016/j.mvr.2010.03.008 · Cited by 172 · see citing works

A microfluidic flow-stretch chip for investigating blood vessel biomechanics

Zheng, W., Jiang, B., Wang, D., Zhang, W., Wang, Z., & Jiang, X. (2012) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c2lc40173h · Cited by 166 · see citing works

Biomimetic technique for adhesion-based collection and separation of cells in a microfluidic channel

Chang, W. C. W., Lee, L. P., & Liepmann, D. (2004) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/b400455h · Cited by 165 · see citing works

Study of osteoblastic cells in a microfluidic environment

Leclerc, É., David, B., Griscom, L., Pioufle, B. L., Fujii, T., Layrolle, P., & Legallais, C. (2005) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2005.06.002 · Cited by 165 · see citing works

Inhibition of human embryonic stem cell differentiation by mechanical strain

Saha, S., Lin, J., de Pablo, J. J., & Palecek, S. P. (2005) · Journal of Cellular Physiology · doi:10.1002/jcp.20441 · Cited by 164 · see citing works

Two-photon laser-generated microtracks in 3D collagen lattices: principles of MMP-dependent and -independent collective cancer cell invasion

Ilina, O., Bakker, G., Vasaturo, A., Hofmann, R. M., & Friedl, P. (2011) · Physical Biology · doi:10.1088/1478-3975/8/1/015010 · Cited by 155 · see citing works

A novel microfluidic platform for high-resolution imaging of a three-dimensional cell culture under a controlled hypoxic environment

Funamoto, K., Zervantonakis, I. K., Liu, Y., Ochs, C. J., Kim, C., & Kamm, R. D. (2012) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c2lc40306d · Cited by 151 · see citing works

Microfluidic devices for studies of shear-dependent platelet adhesion

Gutierrez, E., Petrich, B. G., Shattil, S. J., Ginsberg, M. H., Groisman, A., & Kasirer‐Friede, A. (2008) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/b804795b · Cited by 148 · see citing works

Guiding neuron development with planar surface gradients of substrate cues deposited using microfluidic devices

Millet, L. J., Stewart, M. E., Nuzzo, R. G., & Gillette, M. U. (2010) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c001552k · Cited by 147 · see citing works

Microfabricated arrays for high-throughput screening of cellular response to cyclic substrate deformation

Moraes, C., Chen, J., Sun, Y., & Simmons, C. A. (2009) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/b914460a · Cited by 141 · see citing works

Pressure gradient, not exposure duration, determines the extent of epithelial cell damage in a model of pulmonary airway reopening

Kay, S. S., Bilek, A. M., Dee, K. C., & Gaver, D. P. (2004) · Journal of Applied Physiology · doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01288.2003 · Cited by 135 · see citing works

A platform for assessing chemotactic migration within a spatiotemporally defined 3D microenvironment

Abhyankar, V. V., Toepke, M. W., Cortesio, C. L., Lokuta, M. A., Anna Huttenlocher, A., & Beebe, D. J. (2008) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/b803533d · Cited by 134 · see citing works

Brain slice on a chip: opportunities and challenges of applying microfluidic technology to intact tissues

Huang, Y., Williams, J. C., & Johnson, S. M. (2012) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c2lc21142d · Cited by 130 · see citing works

Vascular mimetics based on microfluidics for imaging the leukocyte–endothelial inflammatory response

Schaff, U. Y., Xing, M. M. Q., Lin, K., Pan, N., Jeon, N. L., & Simon, S. I. (2007) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/b617915k · Cited by 130 · see citing works

Development of a Renal Microchip for In Vitro Distal Tubule Models

Baudoin, R., Griscom, L., Monge, M., Legallais, C., & Leclerc, É. (2007) · Biotechnology Progress · doi:10.1021/bp0603513 · Cited by 128 · see citing works

Dynamic alveolar mechanics and ventilator-induced lung injury

Carney, D. E., DiRocco, J. D., & Nieman, G. F. (2005) · Critical Care Medicine · doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000155928.95341.bc · Cited by 128 · see citing works

Mechanism of a flow-gated angiogenesis switch: early signaling events at cell–matrix and cell–cell junctions

Vickerman, V., & Kamm, R. D. (2012) · Integrative Biology · doi:10.1039/c2ib00184e · Cited by 126 · see citing works

Full range physiological mass transport control in 3D tissue cultures

Hsu, Y., Moya, M. L., Abiri, P., Hughes, C. C. W., George, S. C., & Lee, A. P. (2012) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c2lc40787f · Cited by 125 · see citing works

Shear stress-mediated NO production in inner medullary collecting duct cells

Cai, Z. P., Xin, J., Pollock, D. M., & Pollock, J. S. (2000) · American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology · doi:10.1152/ajprenal.2000.279.2.f270 · Cited by 119 · see citing works

Chondrocyte intracellular calcium, cytoskeletal organization, and gene expression responses to dynamic osmotic loading

Chao, P. G., West, A. C., & Hung, C. T. (2006) · American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology · doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00127.2005 · Cited by 118 · see citing works

A novel multishear microdevice for studying cell mechanics

Chau, L. T., Doran, M. R., & Cooper-White, J. J. (2009) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/b823180j · Cited by 117 · see citing works

Interstitial Fluid Pressure and Associated Lymph Node Metastasis Revealed in Tumors by Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI

Hompland, T., Ellingsen, C., Øvrebø, K. M., & Rofstad, E. K. (2012) · Cancer Research · doi:10.1158/0008-5472.can-12-0903 · Cited by 114 · see citing works

Mechanical stimulation of epithelial cells using polypyrrole microactuators

Svennersten, K., Magnus Berggren, A., Richter‐Dahlfors, A., & Jager, E. W. H. (2011) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c1lc20436j · Cited by 114 · see citing works

A Possible Role for Integrin Signaling in Diffuse Axonal Injury

Hemphill, M. A., Dabiri, B. E., Gabriele, S., Kerscher, L., Franck, C., Goss, J. A., Alford, P. W., & Parker, K. K. (2011) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022899 · Cited by 113 · see citing works

Microfluidics as a functional tool for cell mechanics

Vanapalli, S. A., Duits, M. H. G., & Mugele, F. G. (2009) · Biomicrofluidics · doi:10.1063/1.3067820 · Cited by 109 · see citing works

Mechanical deformation of neutrophils into narrow channels induces pseudopod projection and changes in biomechanical properties

Yap, B., & Kamm, R. D. (2005) · Journal of Applied Physiology · doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01226.2004 · Cited by 109 · see citing works

Analyzing shear stress-induced alignment of actin filaments in endothelial cells with a microfluidic assay

van der Meer, A. D., Poot, A. A., Feijén, J., & Vermes, I. (2010) · Biomicrofluidics · doi:10.1063/1.3366720 · Cited by 108 · see citing works

Effect of Mechanical Loading on Three-Dimensional Cultures of Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes

Shimko, V. F., & Claycomb, W. C. (2008) · Tissue Engineering Part A · doi:10.1089/ten.a.2007.0092 · Cited by 107 · see citing works

Production of reactive oxygen species in endothelial cells under different pulsatile shear stresses and glucose concentrations

Chin, L. K., Yu, J. Q., Fu, Y. H., Yu, T., Liu, A. Q., & Luo, K. Q. (2011) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c0lc00651c · Cited by 98 · see citing works

Interstitial flow promotes vascular fibroblast, myofibroblast, and smooth muscle cell motility in 3-D collagen I via upregulation of MMP-1

Shi, Z., Ji, X., Qazi, H., & Tarbell, J. M. (2009) · American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology · doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00369.2009 · Cited by 98 · see citing works

Valve-based microfluidic compression platform: single axon injury and regrowth

Hosmane, S., Fournier, A. J., Wright, R. M., Rajbhandari, L., Siddique, R., Yang, I. H., Ramesh, K. T., Venkatesan, A., & Thakor, N. V. (2011) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c1lc20549h · Cited by 97 · see citing works

Microfluidics for Mammalian Cell Chemotaxis

Kim, B. J., & Wu, M. (2011) · Annals of Biomedical Engineering · doi:10.1007/s10439-011-0489-9 · Cited by 96 · see citing works

Elastomeric microposts integrated into microfluidics for flow-mediated endothelial mechanotransduction analysis

Lam, R. H. W., Sun, Y., Chen, W., & Fu, J. (2012) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c2lc21146g · Cited by 94 · see citing works

Culturing thick brain slices: An interstitial 3D microperfusion system for enhanced viability

Rambani, K., Vukasinovic, J., Glezer, A., & Potter, S. M. (2009) · Journal of Neuroscience Methods · doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.03.016 · Cited by 93 · see citing works

Development of an osteoblast-based 3D continuous-perfusion microfluidic system for drug screening

Jang, K., Sato, K., Igawa, K., Chung, U., & Kitamori, T. (2007) · Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry · doi:10.1007/s00216-007-1752-7 · Cited by 92 · see citing works

Implementing Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays on a Microfluidic Chip To Quantify Intracellular Molecules in Single Cells

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Fibroblast Migration in 3D is Controlled by Haptotaxis in a Non-muscle Myosin II-Dependent Manner

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Local dynamic mechanical analysis for heterogeneous soft matter using ferrule-top indentation

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Microfabrication and microfluidics for muscle tissue models

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Modular soft robotic microdevices for dexterous biomanipulation

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Microfluidic technologies for vasculature biomimicry

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Modeling an Optimal 3D Skin-on-Chip within Microfluidic Devices for Pharmacological Studies

Fernández-Carro, E., Angenent, M. L., Gracia‐Cazaña, T., Gilaberte, Y., Alcaine, C., & Ciriza, J. (2022) · Pharmaceutics · doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics14071417 · Cited by 47 · see citing works

Hypoxia‐enhanced adhesion of red blood cells in microscale flow

Kim, M., Alapan, Y., Adhikari, A., Little, J. A., & Gurkan, U. A. (2017) · Microcirculation · doi:10.1111/micc.12374 · Cited by 46 · see citing works

Determination of critical shear stress for maturation of human pluripotent stem cell‐derived endothelial cells towards an arterial subtype

Arora, S., Lam, A. J. Y., Cheung, C., Yim, E. K. F., & Toh, Y. (2018) · Biotechnology and Bioengineering · doi:10.1002/bit.26910 · Cited by 46 · see citing works

Appreciating the role of cell shape changes in the mechanobiology of epithelial tissues

Luciano, M., Versaevel, M., Vercruysse, E., Procès, A., Kalukula, Y., Remson, A., Deridoux, A., & Gabriele, S. (2022) · Biophysics Reviews · doi:10.1063/5.0074317 · Cited by 44 · see citing works

Biophysical Tools to Study Cellular Mechanotransduction

Muhamed, I., Chowdhury, F., & Maruthamuthu, V. (2017) · Bioengineering · doi:10.3390/bioengineering4010012 · Cited by 43 · see citing works

Cell migration in microengineered tumor environments

Um, E., Oh, J. M., Granick, S., & Cho, Y. (2017) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c7lc00555e · Cited by 44 · see citing works

Luminal flow actuation generates coupled shear and strain in a microvessel-on-chip

Dessalles, C. A., Ramón-Lozano, C., Babataheri, A., & Barakat, A. I. (2021) · Biofabrication · doi:10.1088/1758-5090/ac2baa · Cited by 43 · see citing works

Flow-Induced Shear Stress Primes NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in Macrophages via Piezo1

Fish, A., & Kulkarni, A. A. (2024) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.3c18645 · Cited by 42 · see citing works

Beyond mouse cancer models: Three-dimensional human-relevant in vitro and non-mammalian in vivo models for photodynamic therapy

Kucińska, M., Murias, M., & Nowak-Sliwinska, P. M. (2016) · Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research · doi:10.1016/j.mrrev.2016.09.002 · Cited by 41 · see citing works

Microfluidic Examination of the “Hard” Biomolecular Corona Formed on Engineered Particles in Different Biological Milieu

Weiss, A. C. G., Kempe, K., Förster, S., & Caruso, F. (2018) · Biomacromolecules · doi:10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00196 · Cited by 41 · see citing works

Engineering Biomaterials and Approaches for Mechanical Stretching of Cells in Three Dimensions

Zhang, W., Huang, G., & Xu, F. (2020) · Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology · doi:10.3389/fbioe.2020.589590 · Cited by 42 · see citing works

Mechanobiology of the female reproductive system

Matsuzaki, S. (2021) · Reproductive Medicine and Biology · doi:10.1002/rmb2.12404 · Cited by 37 · see citing works

Organ-on-a-Chip Approach for Accelerating Blood–Brain Barrier Nanoshuttle Discovery

Choi, J.-W., Kim, K., Mukhambetiyar, K., Lee, N. K., del Río, J. S., Joo, J., Park, C. G., Kwon, T., & Park, T. (2024) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.4c00994 · Cited by 37 · see citing works

ICAM-1–targeted thrombomodulin mitigates tissue factor–driven inflammatory thrombosis in a human endothelialized microfluidic model

Greineder, C. F., Johnston, I. H., Villa, C. H., Gollomp, K. L., Esmon, C. T., Cines, D. B., Poncz, M., & Muzykantov, V. R. (2017) · Blood Advances · doi:10.1182/bloodadvances.2017007229 · Cited by 37 · see citing works

Organoids meet microfluidics: recent advancements, challenges, and future of organoids-on-chip

Chauhdari, T., Zaidi, S. A., Su, J., & Ding, Y. (2025) · In vitro models · doi:10.1007/s44164-025-00086-7 · Cited by 41 · see citing works

The role of mechanics in actin stress fiber kinetics

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Mechanically activated artificial cell by using microfluidics

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Microfluidics for the study of mechanotransduction

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Organ-on-a-Chip and Microfluidic Platforms for Oncology in the UK

Nolan, J., Pearce, O. M. T., Screen, H. R. C., Knight, M. M., & Verbruggen, S. W. (2023) · Cancers · doi:10.3390/cancers15030635 · Cited by 35 · see citing works

Single-cell trapping and selective treatment via co-flow within a microfluidic platform

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Advancing Intelligent Organ‐on‐a‐Chip Systems with Comprehensive In Situ Bioanalysis

Li, X., Zhu, H. J., Gu, B., Yao, C., Gu, Y., Xu, W., Zhang, J., He, J., Liu, X., & Li, D. (2023) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202305268 · Cited by 37 · see citing works

A microfluidic device for characterizing nuclear deformations

Hodgson, A. C., Verstreken, C. M., Fisher, C. L., Keyser, U. F., Pagliara, S., & Chalut, K. J. (2017) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c6lc01308b · Cited by 34 · see citing works

Microfluidic approaches for probing amyloid assembly and behaviour

Herling, T. W., Levin, A., Saar, K. L., Dobson, C. M., & Knowles, T. P. J. (2018) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c7lc01241a · Cited by 33 · see citing works

A hybrid microfluidic system for regulation of neural differentiation in induced pluripotent stem cells

Hesari, Z., Soleimani, M., Atyabi, F., Sharifdini, M., Nadri, S., Warkiani, M. E., Zare, M., & Dinarvand, R. (2016) · Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A · doi:10.1002/jbm.a.35689 · Cited by 34 · see citing works

Mechanobiology of the endothelium in vascular health and disease: in vitro shear stress models

Jackson, M. L., Bond, A., & George, S. J. (2022) · Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy · doi:10.1007/s10557-022-07385-1 · Cited by 33 · see citing works

In situ biosensing technologies for an organ-on-a-chip

Kim, J., Kim, J., Jin, Y., & Cho, S. (2023) · Biofabrication · doi:10.1088/1758-5090/aceaae · Cited by 34 · see citing works

Blood brain barrier: A tissue engineered microfluidic chip

Musafargani, S., Mishra, S., Gulyás, M., Mahalakshmi, P., Archunan, G., Padmanabhan, P., & Gulyás, B. Z. (2019) · Journal of Neuroscience Methods · doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2019.108525 · Cited by 32 · see citing works

Microfluidic Platforms to Screen Granular Hydrogel Microenvironments for Tissue Regeneration

Krattiger, L. A., Emiroglu, D. B., Pravato, S., Moser, L. O., Bachmann, O. A., Cioppa, S. Y. L., Rodriguez‐Rivera, G. J., Burdick, J. A., deMello, A. J., Tibbitt, M. W., et al. (2024) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202310507 · Cited by 31 · see citing works

Hot or cold: Bioengineering immune contextures into in vitro patient-derived tumor models

Too, N. S. H., Ho, N. C. W., Adine, C., Iyer, N. G., & Fong, E. L. S. (2021) · Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.addr.2021.05.001 · Cited by 31 · see citing works

Inducing chemotactic and haptotactic cues in microfluidic devices for three-dimensional in vitro assays

Moreno-Arotzena, O., Mendoza, G., Cóndor, M., Rüberg, T., & García‐Aznar, J. M. (2014) · Biomicrofluidics · doi:10.1063/1.4903948 · Cited by 30 · see citing works

Universal and One-Step Modification to Render Diverse Materials Bioactivation

Chen, Q., Zhang, X., Zhang, D., Liu, G., Ma, K., Liu, J., Ma, K., Chen, M., Li, Y., & Liu, R. (2023) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.3c05928 · Cited by 30 · see citing works

Controlled Rotation and Vibration of Patterned Cell Clusters Using Dielectrophoresis

Soffe, R., Tang, S., Baratchi, S., Nahavandi, S., Nasabi, M., Cooper, J. M., Mitchell, A., & Khoshmanesh, K. (2015) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/ac5043335 · Cited by 30 · see citing works

A Flexible Microdevice for Mechanical Cell Stimulation and Compression in Microfluidic Settings

Onal, S., Alkaisi, M. M., & Nock, V. (2021) · Frontiers in Physics · doi:10.3389/fphy.2021.654918 · Cited by 29 · see citing works

Direct current electric field regulates endothelial permeability under physiologically relevant fluid forces in a microfluidic vessel bifurcation model

Sundaram, P. M., Rangharajan, K. K., Akbari, E., Hadick, T., Song, J. W., & Prakash, S. (2020) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/d0lc00507j · Cited by 29 · see citing works

Caring for cells in microsystems: principles and practices of cell-safe device design and operation

Varma, S., & Joel Voldman, B. (2018) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c8lc00746b · Cited by 30 · see citing works

Measuring the density and viscosity of culture media for optimized computational fluid dynamics analysis of in vitro devicesPreprint

Poon, C. (2020) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2020.08.25.266221 · Cited by 29 · see citing works

Microfluidics for the study of mechanotransduction

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A new mechanobiological era: microfluidic pathways to apply and sense forces at the cellular level

Kurth, F., Eyer, K., Franco‐Obregón, A., & Dittrich, P. S. (2012) · Current Opinion in Chemical Biology · doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.03.014 · Cited by 70 · see citing works

Microfluidic platforms to access molecular mechanotransduction at the cellular level in vitro and in vivo

Kurth, F. (2015) · Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) · doi:10.3929/ethz-a-010549007

Microfluidic technology for cell biology–related applications: a review

Mukherjee, J., Chaturvedi, D., Mishra, S., Jain, R. D., & Dandekar, P. P. (2023) · Journal of Biological Physics · doi:10.1007/s10867-023-09646-y · Cited by 22 · see citing works

Vascular endothelial cell mechanosensing: New insights gained from biomimetic microfluidic models

Gray, K. M., & Stroka, K. M. (2017) · Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology · doi:10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.06.002 · Cited by 109 · see citing works