Microfluidic Brain-On-A-Chip: Perspectives for Mimicking Neural System Disorders

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Mofazzal Jahromi MA^{1, 2} ; Abdoli A^{2, 3, 4} ; Rahmanian M^{2, 5} ; Bardania H⁶ ; Bayandori M^{7, 8} ; Moosavi Basri SM⁹ ; Kalbasi A¹⁰ ; Aref AR¹¹ ; Karimi M^{7, 8, 12, 13, 14} ; Hamblin MR^{14, 15, 16}

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1. Department of Advanced Medical Sciences & Technologies, School of Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran
2. Research Center for Noncommunicable Diseases, School of Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran
3. Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran
4. Zoonoses Research Center, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran
5. Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran
6. Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran
7. Oncopathology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
8. Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
9. Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
10. Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States
11. Department of Cancer Biology, Center for Cancer Systems Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02215, MA, United States
12. Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
13. Research Center for Science and Technology in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
14. Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
15. Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
16. Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States

Source: Molecular Neurobiology Published:2019

Abstract

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) include more than 600 types of nervous system disorders in humans that impact tens of millions of people worldwide. Estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO) suggest NDDs will increase by nearly 50% by 2030. Hence, development of advanced models for research on NDDs is needed to explore new therapeutic strategies and explore the pathogenesis of these disorders. Different approaches have been deployed in order to investigate nervous system disorders, including two-and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) cell cultures and animal models. However, these models have limitations, such as lacking cellular tension, fluid shear stress, and compression analysis; thus, studying the biochemical effects of therapeutic molecules on the biophysiological interactions of cells, tissues, and organs is problematic. The microfluidic “organ-on-a-chip” is an inexpensive and rapid analytical technology to create an effective tool for manipulation, monitoring, and assessment of cells, and investigating drug discovery, which enables the culture of various cells in a small amount of fluid (10−9 to 10−18 L). Thus, these chips have the ability to overcome the mentioned restrictions of 2D and 3D cell cultures, as well as animal models. Stem cells (SCs), particularly neural stem cells (NSCs), induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), and embryonic stem cells (ESCs) have the capability to give rise to various neural system cells. Hence, microfluidic organ-on-a-chip and SCs can be used as potential research tools to study the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS) disorders. Accordingly, in the present review, we discuss the latest progress in microfluidic brain-on-a-chip as a powerful and advanced technology that can be used in basic studies to investigate normal and abnormal functions of the nervous system. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

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MLA	Mofazzal Jahromi MA, et al.. "Microfluidic Brain-On-A-Chip: Perspectives for Mimicking Neural System Disorders." Molecular Neurobiology, vol. 56, no. 12, 2019, pp. 8489-8512.
APA	Mofazzal Jahromi MA, Abdoli A, Rahmanian M, Bardania H, Bayandori M, Moosavi Basri SM, Kalbasi A, Aref AR, Karimi M, Hamblin MR (2019). Microfluidic Brain-On-A-Chip: Perspectives for Mimicking Neural System Disorders. Molecular Neurobiology, 56(12), 8489-8512.
Chicago	Mofazzal Jahromi MA, Abdoli A, Rahmanian M, Bardania H, Bayandori M, Moosavi Basri SM, Kalbasi A, Aref AR, Karimi M, Hamblin MR. "Microfluidic Brain-On-A-Chip: Perspectives for Mimicking Neural System Disorders." Molecular Neurobiology 56, no. 12 (2019): 8489-8512.
Harvard	Mofazzal Jahromi MA et al. (2019) 'Microfluidic Brain-On-A-Chip: Perspectives for Mimicking Neural System Disorders', Molecular Neurobiology, 56(12), pp. 8489-8512.
Vancouver	Mofazzal Jahromi MA, Abdoli A, Rahmanian M, Bardania H, Bayandori M, Moosavi Basri SM, et al.. Microfluidic Brain-On-A-Chip: Perspectives for Mimicking Neural System Disorders. Molecular Neurobiology. 2019;56(12):8489-8512.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Mofazzal Jahromi MA and Abdoli A and Rahmanian M and Bardania H and Bayandori M and Moosavi Basri SM and Kalbasi A and Aref AR and Karimi M and Hamblin MR}, title = {Microfluidic Brain-On-A-Chip: Perspectives for Mimicking Neural System Disorders}, journal = {Molecular Neurobiology}, volume = {56}, number = {12}, pages = {8489-8512}, year = {2019} }
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