Journal
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING
Volume 118, Issue 10, Pages 3898-3913Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bit.27866
Keywords
cilia; dynamic systems; microphysiological models; mucociliary clearance; mucus
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- Switch2Product [UA.A.RRR.ARICID.SVRA.AUTO.AZ18VARI10]
- European Research Council (ERC): BioInspired Microfluidics Platform for Biomechanical Analysis [833214]
- European Research Council (ERC) [833214] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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This study combined physiological and pathological mucus models with magnetic artificial cilia to simulate mucociliary transport in both physiological and pathological states. The modular concept adopted enables the development of highly versatile mucociliary clearance models, allowing easy modification to reproduce healthy and diseased human airway characteristics while determining the effect of each parameter or structure separately on overall mucociliary transport.
Mucociliary clearance is a crucial mechanism that supports the elimination of inhaled particles, bacteria, pollution, and hazardous agents from the human airways, and it also limits the diffusion of aerosolized drugs into the airway epithelium. In spite of its relevance, few in vitro models sufficiently address the cumulative effect of the steric and interactive barrier function of mucus on the one hand, and the dynamic mucus transport imposed by ciliary mucus propulsion on the other hand. Here, ad hoc mucus models of physiological and pathological mucus are combined with magnetic artificial cilia to model mucociliary transport in both physiological and pathological states. The modular concept adopted in this study enables the development of mucociliary clearance models with high versatility since these can be easily modified to reproduce phenomena characteristic of healthy and diseased human airways while allowing to determine the effect of each parameter and/or structure separately on the overall mucociliary transport. These modular airway models can be available off-the-shelf because they are exclusively made of readily available materials, thus ensuring reproducibility across different laboratories.
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