Using vascularized organoids-on-chip for assessing systemic drug delivery

Methods Cell Biol. 2026:204:237-243. doi: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2025.09.010. Epub 2025 Sep 29.

Abstract

Vascularized organoids-on-chip aim at assessing systemic drug delivery, but also drug screening, toxicity testing, pharmacokinetics and dynamics, and disease modeling. Here, we provide a detailed experiment protocol to vascularize organoids-on-chip, in regards to pancreatic islet spheroids and hydrogel preparation towards the modelisation of autoimmune diseases, inflammation, immunotherapies.

Keywords: Organoids-on-chip; Pancreatic islet spheroids; Vascularization.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Drug Delivery Systems* / methods
  • Humans
  • Hydrogels / chemistry
  • Islets of Langerhans / cytology
  • Islets of Langerhans / drug effects
  • Lab-On-A-Chip Devices*
  • Mice
  • Organoids* / blood supply
  • Organoids* / cytology
  • Organoids* / drug effects
  • Organoids* / metabolism

Substances

  • Hydrogels