The mucus clearance system is the dominant mechanical host defense system of the human
lung. Mucus is cleared from the lung by cilia and airflow, including both two-phase gas-liquid …

Mucus is a biological hydrogel that coats and protects all non-keratinized wet epithelial
surfaces. Mucins, the primary structural components of mucus, are critical components of the …

Mucus is a viscoelastic material with non-linear rheological properties such as a yield stress
of the order of a few hundreds of millipascals to a few tens of pascals, due to a complex …

The biomedical use of nanoparticles (NPs) has been the focus of intense research for over a
decade. As most NPs are explored as carriers to alter the biodistribution, pharmacokinetics …

This study provides a quantitative analysis to investigate the effects of cough intensity and
initial mucus thickness on the mucus transport and clearance in a mouth-to-trachea airway …

Background: Airway mucus provides important protective functions in health and abnormal
viscoelasticity is a hallmark of muco-obstructive lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis (CF) …

The aim of the present study is to understand the role of steam/cold-air inhalation on the
mucus layer dynamics in the proximal airways. We model these flows as a viscoelastic liquid …

This work presents a new mathematical model of the heat and water exchanges in the
human lungs (newborn to adult). This model is based on a local description of the water and …

Cilia and centrosomes of eukaryotic cells play important roles in cell movement, fluid
transport, extracellular sensing, and chromosome division. The physiological functions of …

Bioaerosols produced within the respiratory system play an important role in respiratory
disease transmission. These include infectious diseases such as common cold, influenza …