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Rong Zou,Zhengdi Shi,Chengpan Li,Fan Xu,Xucai Zheng,Xiaofang Du,Dabing Huang,Bensheng Qiu,Weiping Ding. Engineered inflammation-induced neurodevelopmental disorders using a neurovascular-unit-on-a-chip[J]. Journal of Zhejiang University Science D, 2025, 8(4): 639655.
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Abstract: neuroinflammation is the primary driver and signature of many neurodevelopmental disorders. However, because neurode?
velopmental disorders caused by neuroinflammation are difficult to detect at the early stage, their progression remains un?
clear. To date, neither animal experiments nor in vitro models have uncovered their early developmental characteristics
caused by neuroinflammation. In this study, we developed a neurovascular-unit-on-a-chip (NVU-on-a-chip) to model
inflammation-induced neurodevelopmental disorders. With the chip, dynamic visualization of the progression caused by neu?
roinflammation was clearly demonstrated, and the changes in angiogenesis and neural differentiation under neuroinflamma?
tion were replicated. In addition, the activation of astrocytes and damage to neurons and capillaries at the early stage of neu?
rodevelopmental disorders were observed. The results revealed for the first time the structural disruption of the neurovascular
units and the neurovascular coupling failure caused by neuroinflammation. Furthermore, the outcomes of anti-inflammatory
intervention using ibuprofen were preliminarily demonstrated. This work provides insights into the early progression of neu?
rodevelopmental disorders caused by neuroinflammation and offers a platform for the development of therapeutic strategies
for neuroinflammation.
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