Musculoskeletal tissues-on-a-chip : role of natural polymers in reproducing tissue-specific microenvironments

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Over the past years, 3Din vitromodels have been widely employed in the regenerative medicine field. Among them, organ-on-a-chip technology has the potential to elucidate cellular mechanism exploiting multichannel microfluidic devices to establish 3D co-culture systems that offer control over the cellular, physico-chemical and biochemical microenvironments. To deliver the most relevant cues to cells, it is of paramount importance to select the most appropriate matrix for mimicking the extracellular matrix of the native tissue. Natural polymers-based hydrogels are the elected candidates for reproducing tissue-specific microenvironments in musculoskeletal tissue-on-a-chip models owning to their interesting and peculiar physico-chemical, mechanical and biological properties. Despite these advantages, there is still a gap between the biomaterials complexity in conventional tissue engineering and the application of these biomaterials in 3Din vitromicrofluidic models. In this review, the aim is to suggest the adoption of more suitable biomaterials, alternative crosslinking strategies and tissue engineered-inspired approaches in organ-on-a-chip to better mimic the complexity of physiological musculoskeletal tissues. Accordingly, after giving an overview of the musculoskeletal tissue compositions, the properties of the main natural polymers employed in microfluidic systems are investigated, together with the main musculoskeletal tissues-on-a-chip devices.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Biofabrication - 14(2022), 4 vom: 31. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Petta, D [VerfasserIn]
D'Amora, U [VerfasserIn]
D'Arrigo, D [VerfasserIn]
Tomasini, M [VerfasserIn]
Candrian, C [VerfasserIn]
Ambrosio, L [VerfasserIn]
Moretti, M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biocompatible Materials
Hydrogels
Journal Article
Microfluidic models
Musculoskeletal tissues
Natural biomaterials
Polymers
Review
Support matrix

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.09.2022

Date Revised 23.09.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1088/1758-5090/ac8767

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM344505227