Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2018, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (32): 5234-5240.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.0558

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Research advance, bottlenecks and challenges of microarray of micro organs

Yang Peng-cheng, Qi Yan, Zhang Dong-hui   

  1. College of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei Province, China
  • Received:2018-06-05 Online:2018-11-18 Published:2018-11-18
  • Contact: Zhang Dong-hui, PhD, Professor, College of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei Province, China
  • About author:Yang Peng-cheng, College of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei Province, China Qi Yan, College of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei Province, China Yang Peng-cheng and Qi Yan contributed equally to this work.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Because the animal model of drug screening program has the shortcomings of high cost and low effectiveness, different types of tissue microarray of micro organs have been developed for early drug screening.
OBJECTIVE: To review the advances in the field of tissue microarray of micro organs.
METHODS: PubMed database was retrieved for the articles concerning chips of brain, heart, lung, live, kidney and skin published between 1997 and 2017. The keywords were “micro organs, tissue microarray, drug screen”. The advantages and disadvantages of different methods for preparing the same tissue microarray were summarized. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Tissue microarray of micro organs has the similar function with native tissues, with low cost and high stability, so it can be used for high throughput drug screening of industrialization. Compared with the single cell tile cultured cells, tissue microarray of micro organs has the advantages of reflecting the survival state of the cells and metabolites, and the function parameters of tissues and organs. However, in the design and production of tissue microarray of micro organs, there are some challenges such as simulating environment in vivo, constructing three-dimensional cultivation system, how to promote or maintain cell maturation and perform easy detection.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松组织工程

Key words: High-Throughput Screening Assays, Microarray Analysis, Tissue Engineering

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