Modelling cigarette smoke-induced lung vascular dysfunction using an alveolus-on-chip
Abilash Ravi, Tarek Gensheimer, Annemarie van Schadewijk, Xinhui Wu, Jill R. Johnson, Martin C. Harmsen, Reinoud Gosens, Pieter Sicco Hiemstra, Andries D. van der Meer, Anne M. van der Does
This paper presents an alveolus-on-chip model to study vascular-epithelial interactions and smoke-induced lung injury, showing that cigarette smoke disrupts vascular networks when exposed to alveolar epithelial cells.
Materials Today Bio · Jul 6, 2026Peer-reviewedBioengineering