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Interstitial flow enhances the formation, connectivity, and function of 3D brain microvascular networks generated within a microfluidic device

Max A. Winkelman, Diana Y Kim, Shravani Kakarla, Alexander Grath, Nathaniel Silvia, Guohao Dai

2021Lab on a Chip69 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

We used a microfluidic device to demonstrate the advantage of generating perfused, self-assembled human brain microvascular networks in the presence of hydrostatic pressure-induced interstitial flow.

Topics & Concepts

Interstitial fluidBlood–brain barrierInterstitial spaceBiomedical engineeringChemistryCell biologyBiophysicsBasal laminaVasculogenesisOrgan-on-a-chipHuman brainIn vitroPathologyBiologyMicrofluidicsAnatomyMaterials scienceNeuroscienceNanotechnologyMedicineEndothelial stem cellBiochemistryCentral nervous systemUltrastructureBarrier Structure and Function StudiesCerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus3D Printing in Biomedical Research