Organ-on-a-chip platforms for studying drug delivery systems

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 190, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-93

  Bhise, Nupura S ^a,b   Ribas, João ^a,b,c,d   Manoharan, Vijayan ^a,b   Zhang, Yu Shrike ^a,b   Polini, Alessandro ^a,b   Massa, Solange ^a,b   Dokmeci, Mehmet R ^a,b   Khademhosseini, Ali ^a,b,e,f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d Biocant Biotechnology Innovation Center   (Portugal)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Drug screening; Nanoparticle; Organ on a chip; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DRUG DELIVERY; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY; TOXICITY; COMPLEX NETWORKS;

CLINICAL TRANSLATION; DRUG DELIVERY NANOPARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE; DRUG SCREENING; MICROFLUIDIC NETWORKS; ORGAN-ON-A-CHIP; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DELIVERY;

DOXORUBICIN; NANOPARTICLE; DRUG CARRIER; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; LAB ON A CHIP; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; NONHUMAN; ORGAN ON A CHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; MICROFLUIDICS; NEOPLASM; ORGAN ON A CHIP PLATFORM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; DEVICES; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84906781892     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: 18734995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.05.004     Document Type: Review

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