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ArticleBiofabrication2021

Multi-material digital light processing bioprinting of hydrogel-based microfluidic chips.

Anant Bhusal, Elvan Dogan, Hai-Anh Nguyen, Olga Labutina, Daniel Nieto, Ali Khademhosseini, Amir K Miri

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Article in Biofabrication, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Anant BhusalDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, 08028, United States of America.
Elvan DoganDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, 08028, United States of America.
Hai-Anh NguyenDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, 08028, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-2741-1729
Olga LabutinaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, 08028, United States of America.
Daniel NietoPhotonics4life Research Group, Department of Physics, University of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0919-5110
Ali KhademhosseiniTerasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI), Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-6322-8852
Amir K MiriDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, 08028, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-0685-0770

Funding

Handheld 3D Bioprinting of Self-Healing Hydrogels for Vocal Fold ReconstructionR21DC018818 · NIDCD · ROWAN UNIVERSITY · PI MIRI RAMSHEH, AMIR KAMAL · 2020 to 2022
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NIDCD NIH HHS R21 DC018818
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advancements in digital-light-processing (DLP)-based bioprinting and hydrogel engineering have enabled novel developments in organs-on-chips. In this work, we designed and developed a multi-material, DLP-based bioprinter for rapid, one-step prototyping of hydrogel-based microfluidic chips. A composite hydrogel bioink based on poly-ethylene-glycol-diacrylate (PEGDA) and gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) was optimized through varying the bioprinting parameters such as light exposure time, bioink composition, and layer thickness. We showed a wide range of mechanical properties of the microfluidic chips for various ratios of PEGDA:GelMA. Microfluidic features of hydrogel-based chips were then tested using dynamic flow experiments. Human-derived tumor cells were encapsulated in 3D bioprinted structures to demonstrate their bioactivity and cell-friendly environment. Cell seeding experiments then validated the efficacy of the selected bioinks for vascularized micro-tissues. Our biofabrication approach offers a useful tool for the rapid integration of micro-tissue models into organs-on-chips and high-throughput drug screening platforms.

Indexed as

BioprintingGelatinHumansHydrogelsMethacrylatesMicrofluidicsPrinting, Three-DimensionalTissue EngineeringTissue ScaffoldsGelatingelatin methacryloylHydrogelsMethacrylatesdigital-light-processinghydrogel modelsmicrofluidicsorgan‐on‐a‐chip

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PMID34614486
PMCPMC10700126

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