This protocol describes an in vitro model of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), which can be used for mechanistic studies into disease pathogenesis. It features a microfluidic chip seeded with intestinal enteroids derived from the human neonatal intestine, endothelial cells, and the intestinal microbiome of a neonate with severe NEC.
Frazer, L. C., Yamaguchi, Y., Jania, C. M., Lanik, W. E., Gong, Q., Singh, D. K., Mackay, S., Akopyants, N. S., Good, M. Microfluidic Model of Necrotizing Enterocolitis Incorporating Human Neonatal Intestinal Enteroids and a Dysbiotic Microbiome. J. Vis. Exp. (197), e65605, doi:10.3791/65605 (2023).