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Modeling and Simulation of Mucus Flow in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cell Cultures – Part I: Idealized Axisymmetric Swirling Flow

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System’s description.

(A) Schematic representation of a Human Bronchial Epithelial (HBE) cell culture. (B) HBE cell culture geometry. (C) combination DIC with fluorescent labeled mucus of mouse airway section. Scale bar 7 um. Image courtesy of Camille Ehre, UNC Marsico Lung Institute. (D) HBE cell culture in cylindrical coordinates and reduction from 3D cylinder to 2D rectangular region based on the axisymmetric assumption.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004872.g001