Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Microfluidic Osteoarthritis-on-a-Chip: Modeling Human Joint Inflammation
doi: 10.64898/2026.02.06.704398
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Representative fluorescence scans of the Human Inflammation Array illustrating cytokine expression patterns (IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-13, IFN-γ, MCP-1, and TNF-α) across the four experimental conditions: healthy monoculture, disease (IL-1β-stimulated) monoculture, healthy co-culture (M0 macrophages), and disease co-culture (M1 macrophages). (B) Representative fluorescence scans of the Human MMP Array showing the relative abundance of matrix remodeling proteins (MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-3, MMP-8, MMP-9, MMP-10, MMP-13, TIMP-1, TIMP-2, and TIMP-4) under the same four conditions. Each antibody is printed in quadruplicate horizontally to ensure reproducibility and quantitative reliability.
Article Snippet: Two conditions were established: an untreated control group representing the low-inflammation (i.e., nominally healthy) state and an IL-1β-stimulated group (10 ng/mL; HY-P7028, MedChemExpress, recombinant human, E. coli -derived) representing the high-inflammation (disease-like) state.
Techniques: Fluorescence, Expressing, Co-Culture Assay