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Multisensor-integrated organs-on-chips platform for automated and continual in situ monitoring of organoid behaviors

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Zhang, Yu Shrike, Aleman, Julio, Shin, Su Ryon, Kilic, Tugba, Kim, Duckjin, Mousavi Shaegh, Seyed Ali, Massa, Solange, Riahi, Reza +23 more·2017·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Significance: Monitoring human organ-on-a-chip systems presents a significant challenge, where the capability of in situ continual monitoring of organ behaviors and their responses to pharmaceutical compounds over extended periods of time is critical in understanding the dynamics of drug effects and therefore accurate prediction of human organ reactions. In this work, we report a fully integrated modular physical, biochemical, and optical sensing platform, interfaced through a fluidics-routing breadboard with a multi–organ-on-a-chip system to achieve in situ, continual, and automated sensing of microenvironment biophysical and biochemical parameters. It is anticipated that our platform technology that is conveniently compatible with existing organ-on-a-chip models will potentially enhance their performance in drug screening by providing a multitude of sensing data not previously available.

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Zhang, Y. S., Aleman, J., Shin, S. R., Kilic, T., Kim, D., Mousavi Shaegh, S. A., Massa, S., Riahi, R., Chae, S., Hu, N., Avci, H., Zhang, W., Silvestri, A., Sanati Nezhad, A., Manbohi, A., De Ferrari, F., Polini, A., Calzone, G., Shaikh, N., Alerasool, P., Budina, E., Kang, J., Bhise, N., Ribas, J., Pourmand, A., Skardal, A., Shupe, T., Bishop, C. E., Dokmeci, M. R., Atala, A., & Khademhosseini, A.
Affiliations
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02139;
  • Sahand University of Technology (IR)
  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences (US)
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2017-03-06
Volume
114
Issue
12
Pages
E2293-E2302
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W2593758551
Cited by
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FWCI
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Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PORTO@Iris (submittedVersion)
  • PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • HHS | National Institutes of Health (NIH) (1K99CA201603-01A1, EB012597, AR057837, DE021468, HL099073, R56AI105024, AR068258, AR066193, EB022403, EB021148)
  • DOD | Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) (N66001-13-C-2027)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Keywords
organ-on-a-chip, organoids, multi-sensor integration, in situ monitoring, microfluidics, automated monitoring, real-time sensing, drug screening, optical sensing
MeSH terms
Automation, Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, Heart, Humans, Liver, Models, Biological, Myocardium, Organoids, Biosensing Techniques, Microfluidics

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