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A Two-Dimensional Model of the Colonic Crypt Accounting for the Role of the Basement Membrane and Pericryptal Fibroblast Sheath

Figure 5

Simulation snapshots illustrating the deformation of the epithelial monolayer for increasing .

(a) , ; (b) , . The layers have deformed from the initial state shown in Fig. 3, and snapshots are taken after 60 cell hours.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002515.g005