Atherothrombosis-on-Chip: A Site-Specific Microfluidic Model for Thrombus Formation and Drug Discovery
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Zhang, Jun
Tran, Huong DN
Fallahi, Hedieh
Adelnia, Hossein
Hoang-Phuong, Phan
Nam-Trung, Nguyen
Hang, Thu Ta
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Atherothrombosis, an atherosclerotic plaque disruption condition with superimposed thrombosis, is the underlying cause of cardiovascular episodes. Herein, a unique design is presented to develop a microfluidic site-specific atherothrombosis-on-chip model, providing a universal platform for studying the crosstalk between blood cells and plaque components. The device consists of two interconnected microchannels, namely main and supporting channels: the former mimics the vessel geometry with different stenosis, and the latter introduces plaque components to the circulation simultaneously. The unique design allows the site-specific introduction of plaque components in stenosed channels ranging from 0% to above 50%, resulting in thrombosis, which has not been achieved previously. The device successfully explains the correlation between vessel geometry and thrombus formation phenomenon as well as the influence of shear rate on platelet aggregation, confirming the reliability and the effectiveness of the design. The device exhibits significant sensitivity to aspirin. In therapeutic doses (50 × 10−6 and 100 × 10−6 m), aspirin delays and prevents platelet adhesion, thereby reducing the thrombus area in a dose-dependent manner. Finally, the device is effectively employed in testing the targeted binding of the RGD (arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid) labeled polymeric nanoparticles on the thrombus, extending the use of the device to examine targeted drug carriers.
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Advanced Biology
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6
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7
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© 2022 The Authors. Advanced Biology published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)
Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
Microfluidics and nanofluidics
Science & Technology
Technology
Materials Science, Biomaterials
Materials Science
atherosclerosis
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Akther, F; Zhang, J; Tran, HDN; Fallahi, H; Adelnia, H; Hoang-Phuong, P; Nam-Trung, N; Hang, TT, Atherothrombosis-on-Chip: A Site-Specific Microfluidic Model for Thrombus Formation and Drug Discovery, Advanced Biology, 2022, 6 (7), pp. 2101316