Lymph Nodes-On-Chip: Promising Immune Platforms for Pharmacological and Toxicological Applications.

Front Pharmacol

Healthcare Engineering Innovation Center, Biomedical Engineering Department, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Published: August 2021

Organs-on-chip are gaining increasing attention as promising platforms for drug screening and testing applications. However, lymph nodes-on-chip options remain limited although the lymph node is one of the main determinants of the immunotoxicity of newly developed pharmacological drugs. In this review, we describe existing biomimetic lymph nodes-on-chip, their design, and their physiological relevance to pharmacology and shed the light on future directions associated with lymph node-on-chip design and implementation in drug discovery and development.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8415712PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.711307DOI Listing

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