腎近端小管是腎單位的一部分(腎臟的功能部件),是人體高專(zhuān)屬性參與重吸收和排泄各種物質(zhì)(包括鹽和礦物質(zhì))的器官,鹽和礦物質(zhì)的重吸收對身體是非常重要的,否則會(huì )失去在尿液中。此外,腎近端小管對許多藥物的處理也是至關(guān)重要的,所謂的外源性物質(zhì),來(lái)自外面的身體和環(huán)境(如許多人造物質(zhì),包括潛在的毒素)。然而,沒(méi)有好的體外模型可以描述和模仿腎近端小管的功能。建立腎近端小管一個(gè)有力的模型是非常必要的,特別是在腎近端小管在藥物的相互影響方面有至關(guān)重要的作用,因為它是會(huì )由于藥物毒性和藥物之間的作用而非常容易受到傷害導致腎臟疾病。在體外開(kāi)發(fā)腎近端小管模型的系統可以幫助填補腎臟疾病研究中藥物毒性和藥物處理方面的一些空白。
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https://www.innocentive.com/ar/challenge/9933749
The proximal tubule, a part of the kidney nephron (the functional unit of the kidney), has highly specialized properties to do with the salvage and excretion of various compounds, salts and minerals that are very important to the body and would otherwise be lost in the urine. In addition, the proximal tubule is essential for the handling of many drugs and so-called xenobiotics that come from outside the body and from the environment (e.g., many artificial substances, including potential toxins). However, there are no good human models in vitro that can recapitulate and reproduce the function of the proximal tubule. A robust model for the proximal tubule is needed, especially since the proximal tubule has an essential role in drug clearance, because it is highly susceptible to damage in many kidney diseases, and it is also a target for drug-drug interactions and drug toxicity. Development of a proximal tubule model system in vitro could help to address some of the gaps in laboratory models for the study of kidney disease, toxicity, and drug handling.
AstraZeneca is seeking innovative approaches to developing a model system of the proximal tubule in vitro. Ideally, the model should incorporate a self-contained microphysiological unit in which biologically appropriate media, fluid flow, and shear stress can be modulated to reproduce the properties of the proximal tubule in vivo and ultimately recapitulate the structural and cellular conditions necessary for integrated proximal tubular function.
This is an ideation challenge and only requires a written solution.
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