Nature Communications (May 2016)
A microfluidics-based in vitro model of the gastrointestinal human–microbe interface
Abstract
Research on the interactions between the gut microbiota and human cells would greatly benefit from improved in vitro models. Here, Shah et al. present a modular microfluidics-based model that allows co-culture of human and microbial cells followed by 'omic' molecular analyses of the two cell contingents.