Engineering approaches to study fibrosis in 3-D in vitro systems.

Abstract:

:Fibrotic diseases occur in virtually every tissue of the body and are a major cause of mortality, yet they remain largely untreatable and poorly understood on a mechanistic level. The development of anti-fibrotic agents has been hampered, in part, by the insufficient fibrosis biomimicry provided by traditional in vitro platforms. This review focuses on recent advancements toward creating 3-D platforms that mimic key features of fibrosis, as well as the application of novel imaging and sensor techniques to analyze dynamic extracellular matrix remodeling. Several opportunities are highlighted to apply new tools from the fields of biomaterials, imaging, and systems biology to yield pathophysiologically relevant in vitro platforms that improve our understanding of fibrosis and may enable identification of potential treatment targets.

journal_name

Curr Opin Biotechnol

authors

Porras AM,Hutson HN,Berger AJ,Masters KS

doi

10.1016/j.copbio.2016.02.006

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-08-01 00:00:00

pages

24-30

eissn

0958-1669

issn

1879-0429

pii

S0958-1669(16)30029-5

journal_volume

40

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