A Conformable Organic Electronic Device for Monitoring Epithelial Integrity at the Air Liquid Interface

© 2023 The Authors. Advanced Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 36(2024), 8 vom: 01. Feb., Seite e2306679
1. Verfasser: Barron, Sarah L (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Oldroyd, Sophie V, Saez, Janire, Chernaik, Alice, Guo, Wenrui, McCaughan, Frank, Bulmer, David, Owens, Róisín M
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article PEDOT: PSS air liquid interface epithelial barriers flexible devices organic electronics
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Zusammenfassung:© 2023 The Authors. Advanced Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.
Air liquid interfaced (ALI) epithelial barriers are essential for homeostatic functions such as nutrient transport and immunological protection. Dysfunction of such barriers are implicated in a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory disorders and, as such, sensors capable of monitoring barrier health are integral for disease modelling, diagnostics and drug screening applications. To date, gold-standard electrical methods for detecting barrier resistance require rigid electrodes bathed in an electrolyte, which limits compatibility with biological architectures and is non-physiological for ALI. This work presents a flexible all-planar electronic device capable of monitoring barrier formation and perturbations in human respiratory and intestinal cells at ALI. By interrogating patient samples with electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and simple equivalent circuit models, disease-specific and patient-specific signatures are uncovered. Device readouts are validated against commercially available chopstick electrodes and show greater conformability, sensitivity and biocompatibility. The effect of electrode size on sensing efficiency is investigated and a cut-off sensing area is established, which is one order of magnitude smaller than previously reported. This work provides the first steps in creating a physiologically relevant sensor capable of mapping local and real-time changes of epithelial barrier function at ALI, which will have broad applications in toxicology and drug screening applications
Beschreibung:Date Completed 23.02.2024
Date Revised 23.02.2024
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.202306679