A Human Alveolus-on-Chip Recapitulates SARS-CoV-2-mediated Lung Injury in an Organ-relevant Context for Pre-clinical Applications

BioRxiv Mirjam Kiener, Lea Lara De Maddalena, Nuria Roldan, Panagiotis Chouvardas, Laurène Froment, Marta De Menna, Thomas Geiser, Janick Stucki, Nina Hobi, Marianna Kruithof-de Julio Abstract: Respiratory viruses pose a constant threat to public health as highlighted by the pandemic outbreak of COVID-19. The most severe manifestation of COVID-19 is observed in the distal lung,

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A next-generation system for smoke inhalation integrated with a breathing lung-on-chip to model human lung responses to cigarette exposure

Scientific Reports, Nature Arunima Sengupta, Saskia Schmid, Noémie Grangier, Aurélien Dorn, Marco Hebestreit, Andreas Hugi, Kristína Žajdlíková, Anja Herbst, Paula Losada-Oliva, Heidi Ortolf-Wahl, Philippe Krebs, Janick D. Stucki, Vera van der Velpen, Jesus Perez-Gil, Tobias Krebs, Nina Hobi & Olivier T. Guenat Abstract: Continuous exposure to cigarette smoke (CS) significantly contributes to the development and

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Fighting Aspergillus infection using biocontrol bacteria: A proof-of-concept of environmental interference in a translational setting

BioRxiv Fabio Palmieri, Aurélien Trompette, Apiha Shanmuganathan, Aureline Bouchard, Julie Pernot, Thomas Junier, Julia M. Kelliher, Patrick S.G. Chain, Jennifer Foster Harris, Armelle Vallat, Marco Pagni, Christophe von Garnier, Janick D. Stucki, Nina Hobi, Angela Koutsokera, Samuel Neuenschwander, Niki D. Ubags, Pilar Junier Abstract: Aspergillus fungi are opportunistic pathogens that affect millions of people worldwide.

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Autologous human iPSC-derived Alveolus-on-Chip reveals earlypathological events of M. tuberculosis infection

BioRxiv Chak Hon Luk, Gabriel L. Conway, Kim Jee Goh, Antony Fearns, Irene Rodriguez-Hernandez, Nathan J. Day, Natalia Athanasiadi, Rocco D’Antuono, Enrica Pellegrino, Janick D. Stucki, Nina Hobi, Maximiliano G. Gutierrez AbstractImmunocompetent and experimentally accessible alveolar systems to study human respiratory diseases are lacking. Here, we developed a single donor human induced pluripotent stem cell

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The Use of MPS in 3Rs and Regulatory Applications: Perspectives from Developers on Stakeholder Responsibilities

Sage Journals Megan R. LaFollette, Szczepan W. Baran, J. Lowry Curley, Anne M. Dickinson, Trivia Frazier, Nina Hobi, Ming-I Huang, Victoria Hutter, Benoît G.C. Maisonneuve, Graham A. Marsh, Rhamiya Mahendran, Iris Müller, Xiaohua Qian, Dharaminder Singh, William R. Thelin, Jelena Vukasinovic, Pelin L. Candarlioglu and Clive S. Roper Abstract Increasing the use of microphysiological systems

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A stretchable human lung-on-chip model of alveolar inflammation for evaluating anti-inflammatory drug response

Bioengineering & Translational Medecine Clémentine Richter, Lorenz Latta, Daria Harig, Patrick Carius, Janick D. Stucki, Nina Hobi, Andreas Hugi, Paul Schumacher, Tobias Krebs, Alexander Gamrekeli, Felix Stöckle, Klaus Urbschat, Galia Montalvo, Franziska Lautenschläger, Brigitta Loretz, Alberto Hidalgo, Nicole Schneider-Daum, Claus-Michael Lehr AbstractThis study describes a complex human in vitro model for evaluating anti-inflammatory drug response

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The physiological interactome of TCR-like antibody therapeutics in human tissues

Nature Communications Estelle Marrer-Berger, Annalisa Nicastri, Angelique Augustin, Vesna Kramar, Hanqing Liao, Lydia Jasmin Hanisch, Alejandro Carpy, Tina Weinzierl, Evelyne Durr, Nathalie Schaub, Ramona Nudischer, Daniela Ortiz-Franyuti, Ekaterina Breous-Nystrom, Janick Stucki, Nina Hobi, Giulia Raggi, Lauriane Cabon, Emmanuelle Lezan, Pablo Umaña, Isaac Woodhouse, Alexander Bujotzek , Christian Klein & Nicola Ternette Abstract Selective binding of

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