The multi-organ chip - A microfluidic platform for long-term multi-tissue coculture

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2015, Issue 98, 2015, Pages

  Materne, Eva Maria ^a   Maschmeyer, Ilka ^a,b   Lorenz, Alexandra K ^a   Horland, Reyk ^a,b   Schimek, Katharina M S ^a   Busek, Mathias ^c   Sonntag, Frank ^c   Lauster, Roland ^a   Marx, Uwe ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TISSUSE GMBH   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MATERIAL AND BEAM TECHNOLOGY IWS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Body on a chip; Human on a chip; In vitro substance testing; Issue 98; Liver; Microphysiological systems; Multi organ chip; Organoids; Organs on a chip; Skin; Tissue engineering; Toxicity test; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; BIOREACTOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; LIVER; MICROFLUIDICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN;

BIOPSY; BIOREACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER; MICROFLUIDICS; SKIN;

EID: 84941254163     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52526     Document Type: Article

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