Central Nervous System and its Disease Models on a Chip.
Technologies for microfluidics and biological microelectromechanical systems have been rapidly progressing over the past decade, enabling the development of unique microplatforms for in vitro human central nervous system (CNS) and related disease models. Most fundamental techniques include manipulation of axons, synapses, and neuronal networks, and different culture conditions are possible, such as compartmental, co-culturing, and 3D. Various CNS disease models, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), multiple sclerosis (MS), epilepsy, N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis, migraine, diffuse axonal injury, and neuronal migration disorders, have been successfully established on microplatforms. In this review, we summarize fundamental technologies and current existing CNS disease models on microplatforms. We also discuss possible future directions, including application of these methods to pathological studies, drug screening, and personalized medicine, with 3D and personalized disease models that could generate more realistic CNS disease models.
Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon 200-702, Republic of Korea; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea.
YoonYoung
Y
Yi
KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Sciences and Technologies, Korea University, Seoul 136-703, Republic of Korea.
JiSoo
J
Park
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea.
Jaeho
J
Lim
KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Sciences and Technologies, Korea University, Seoul 136-703, Republic of Korea; KIST, Seoul 136-703, Republic of Korea.
C Justin
CJ
Lee
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea; KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Sciences and Technologies, Korea University, Seoul 136-703, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: dbiomed@korea.ac.kr.
Sang-Hoon
SH
Lee
D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D056656:Lab-On-A-Chip Devices; D008954:Models, Biological
CNS; brain; microfluidics; neural disease; organ-on-a-chip