Modeling Barrier Tissues In Vitro: Methods, Achievements, and Challenges

EBioMedicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2016, Pages 30-39

  Sakolish, Courtney M ^a   Esch, Mandy B ^b   Hickman, James J ^c,e   Shuler, Michael L ^d,e   Mahler, Gretchen J ^a  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

^b Syracuse University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^e Hesperos Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier tissues; Drug discovery; In vitro modeling; Microfluidic technologies; Microphysiological systems; Organ on a chip

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; DRUG TRANSPORT; ENDOTHELIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LAB ON A CHIP; LUNG; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN; TISSUE CULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIOMIMETICS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84958568431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.02.023     Document Type: Review

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