摘要
Due to extremely severe morbidity and mortality worldwide,it is worth achieving a more in-depth and comprehensive understanding of cardiovascular diseases.Tremendous effort has been made to replicate the cardiovascular system and investigate the pathogenesis,diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.Microfluidics can be used as a versatile primary strategy to achieve a holistic picture of cardiovascular disease.Here,a brief review of the application of microfluidics in comprehensive cardiovascular disease research is presented,with specific discussions of the characteristics of microfluidics for investigating cardiovascular diseases integrally,including the study of pathogenetic mechanisms,the development of accurate diagnostic methods and the establishment of therapeutic treatments.Investigations of critical pathogenetic mechanisms for typical cardiovascular diseases by microfluidic-based organ-on-a-chip are categorized and reviewed,followed by a detailed summary of microfluidic-based accurate diagnostic methods.Microfluidic-assisted cardiovascular drug evaluation and screening as well as the fabrication of novel delivery vehicles are also reviewed.Finally,the challenges with and outlook on further advancing the use of microfluidics technology in cardiovascular disease research are highlighted and discussed.
基金
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation of China(22008130 and 51806123)
the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020M682124)
the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin(18JCYBJC42000)
the Research Fund of TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital(2018-TD-001)
the Qingdao Postdoctoral Researchers Applied Research Project Foundation(RZ2000001426)
the Scientific Research Foundation for Youth Scholars from Qingdao University(DC1900014265).