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<Articles JournalTitle="Health Technology Assessment in Action">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Health Technology Assessment in Action</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2645-3835</Issn>
      <Volume>7</Volume>
      <Issue>3</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2023</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>01</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Development of Organ-on-Chip for the Study of Placental Pathologies: A Ten-Year Study of Literature Published</title>
    <FirstPage>161</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>161</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Ravindra</FirstName>
        <LastName>Kalode</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">MBBS, M. D. (Radio Diagnosis) from IGMC, Nagpur, Assistant Professor at Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Memorial Medical College, Amravati, India</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Pranoti</FirstName>
        <LastName>Kalode</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">MBBS, DGO. from Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Memorial Medical College, Amravati, Consultant at Kalode Hospital, Amravati, India</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2023</Year>
        <Month>02</Month>
        <Day>18</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2023</Year>
        <Month>06</Month>
        <Day>14</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Context: The placenta performs a crucial function in nutrient exchange, but studying this tissue poses a number of challenges. Utilizing microfluidic and microfabrication technologies, a 3D placenta-on-a-chip model provides a biomimetic alternative for studying placental diseases and treatments.
Objectives: Aim: To review and analyze the currently available placenta-on-chip data to study placental pathologies in patients.
Methods: By systematically searching the PubMed, Scopus, and Science Direct databases, research papers that employed 3D printing techniques for the development of organoids and Organ-on-Chip (OoC) systems for in vitro experiments were gathered and scrutinized.
Results: When exposed to glucose transfer, placenta-on-a-chip mimics the features of an in vivo human placenta. Microchips have the potential to become a platform for diagnostic purposes for placental diseases and a model for duplicating the important features of these diseases.
Conclusions: The microfluidic placenta-on-a-chip platform holds promise as an affordable solution with versatile applications. However, research is essential to develop a comprehensive in vitro pregnancy model in the future to expand our understanding of feto-maternal communication.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://htainaction.tums.ac.ir/index.php/hta/article/view/161</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://htainaction.tums.ac.ir/index.php/hta/article/download/161/129</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
