Affiliation:
1. Preclinical Safety, Biomedical Research, Novartis AG, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
Abstract
Perturbation of angiogenesis is associated with a variety of diseases and pro- as well as antiangiogenic therapies are being actively explored. Additionally, unintended adverse drug effects on angiogenesis might lead to promotion of tumor progression and cardiovascular complications. Several tri-dimensional microfluidic vessel-on-chip systems have been described that allow a more accurate investigation of vascular physiology and pathology, compared to the two-dimensional static culture of endothelial cells. The OrganoPlate® angiogenesis-on-chip system has been demonstrated to be amenable to high-throughput screening for the antiangiogenic properties of molecules. We set out to adapt this system for high-throughput screening of molecules with proangiogenic properties. Our technical advancement of the OrganoPlate® angiogenesis-on-chip assay expands its applicability in the early screening of both anti- as well as proangiogenic properties of compounds for therapeutic modulation of angiogenesis as well as the identification of angiogenesis-associated drug-induced vascular toxicities.
Subject
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous),Structural Biology,Biotechnology
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