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However, despite many efforts and decades of work, traditional culture methods have been unsuccessful in either fully preserving essential liver functions after isolation of PHHs or in emulating interactions between PHHs and hepatic nonparenchymal cells (NPCs), both of which are essential for the development of DILI under <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic> conditions. Recently, various liver\u2010on\u2010a\u2010chip (Liver\u2010Chip) systems have been developed to co\u2010culture hepatocytes and NPCs in a three\u2010dimensional environment on microfluidic channels, enabling better maintenance of primary liver cells and thus improved DILI prediction. The Emulate\u00ae Liver\u2010Chip is a commercially available system that can recapitulate some <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic> DILI responses associated with certain compounds whose liver safety profile cannot be accurately evaluated using conventional approaches involving PHHs or animal models due to a lack of innate immune responses or species\u2010dependent toxicity, respectively. Here, we describe detailed procedures for the use of Emulate\u00ae Liver\u2010Chips for co\u2010culturing PHHs and NPCs for the purpose of DILI evaluation. First, we describe the procedures for preparing the Liver\u2010Chip. We then outline the steps needed for sequential seeding of PHHs and NPCs in the prepared Liver\u2010Chips. Lastly, we provide a protocol for utilizing cells maintained in perfusion culture in the Liver\u2010Chips to evaluate DILI, using acetaminophen as an example. In all, use of this system and the procedures described here allow better preservation of the functions of human primary liver cells, resulting in an improved <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> model for DILI assessment. \u00a9 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC. This article has been contributed to by US Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Basic Protocol 1<\/jats:bold>: Liver\u2010Chip preparation<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Basic Protocol 2<\/jats:bold>: Seeding primary human hepatocytes and nonparenchymal cells on Liver\u2010Chips<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Basic Protocol 3<\/jats:bold>: Perfusion culture for the study of acetaminophen\u2010induced liver injury<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/cpz1.478","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,5]],"date-time":"2022-07-05T16:12:00Z","timestamp":1657037520000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":35,"title":["Co\u2010Culture of Human Primary Hepatocytes and Nonparenchymal Liver Cells in the Emulate\u00ae Liver\u2010Chip for the Study of Drug\u2010Induced Liver Injury"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"2","author":[{"given":"Qiang","family":"Shi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) U.S. Food and Drug Administration  Jefferson Arkansas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ayesha","family":"Arefin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) U.S. Food and Drug Administration  Jefferson Arkansas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lijun","family":"Ren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) U.S. Food and Drug Administration  Jefferson Arkansas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Katy S.","family":"Papineau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) U.S. Food and Drug Administration  Jefferson Arkansas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dustyn A.","family":"Barnette","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) U.S. Food and Drug Administration  Jefferson Arkansas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Laura K.","family":"Schnackenberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) U.S. Food and Drug Administration  Jefferson Arkansas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jessica J.","family":"Hawes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) U.S. Food and Drug Administration  Jefferson Arkansas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mark","family":"Avigan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) U.S. Food and Drug Administration  Silver Spring Maryland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Donna L.","family":"Mendrick","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) U.S. Food and Drug Administration  Jefferson Arkansas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lorna","family":"Ewart","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Emulate, Inc.  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