Controlled assembly of heterotypic cells in a core-shell scaffold: organ in a droplet

被引:170
作者
Chen, Qiushui [1 ,2 ]
Utech, Stefanie [2 ]
Chen, Dong [2 ]
Prodanovic, Radivoje [3 ]
Lin, Jin-Ming [1 ]
Weitz, David A. [2 ]
机构
[1] Tsinghua Univ, Dept Chem, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
[2] MIT, Dept Phys, John A Paulson Sch Engn & Appl Sci, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[3] Univ Belgrade, Fac Chem, Studentskitrg 12, Belgrade, Serbia
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家卫生研究院; 中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
EXTRACELLULAR-MATRIX; STEM-CELLS; CHIPS; ENCAPSULATION; BIOMATERIALS; GENERATION; MICROGELS; HEPATOCYTES; CULTURE;
D O I
10.1039/c6lc00231e
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
This paper reports a droplet-based microfluidic approach to fabricate a large number of monodisperse, portable microtissues, each in an individual drop. We use water-water-oil double emulsions as templates and spatially assemble hepatocytes in the core and fibroblasts in the shell, forming a 3D liver model in a drop.
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页码:1346 / 1349
页数:4
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