Mechanics of morphological instabilities and surface wrinkling in soft materials: a review

B Li, YP Cao, XQ Feng, H Gao - Soft Matter, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Morphological instabilities and surface wrinkling of soft materials such as gels and biological
tissues are of growing interest to a number of academic disciplines including soft …

Airway smooth muscle function in asthma

D Xiong, JG Martin, AM Lauzon - Frontiers in physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Known to have affected around 340 million people across the world in 2018, asthma is a
prevalent chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. The symptoms such as wheezing …

Surface wrinkling of mucosa induced by volumetric growth: theory, simulation and experiment

B Li, YP Cao, XQ Feng, H Gao - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Mechanics of living tissues focusing on the relationships between growth, morphology and
function is not only of theoretical interest but can also be useful for diagnosis of certain …

Birefringence microscopy platform for assessing airway smooth muscle structure and function in vivo

DC Adams, LP Hariri, AJ Miller, Y Wang… - Science translational …, 2016 - science.org
The inability to visualize airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells in vivo is a major obstacle in
understanding their role in normal physiology and diseases. At present, there is no imaging …

Airway smooth muscle in asthma: linking contraction and mechanotransduction to disease pathogenesis and remodelling

PB Noble, CD Pascoe, B Lan, S Ito… - Pulmonary …, 2014 - Elsevier
Asthma is an obstructive airway disease, with a heterogeneous and multifactorial
pathogenesis. Although generally considered to be a disease principally driven by chronic …

Volumetric optical frequency domain imaging of pulmonary pathology with precise correlation to histopathology

LP Hariri, MB Applegate, M Mino-Kenudson, EJ Mark… - Chest, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality. Radiology and
bronchoscopy techniques do not have the necessary resolution to evaluate lung lesions on …

Growth and surface folding of esophageal mucosa: a biomechanical model

B Li, YP Cao, XQ Feng - Journal of biomechanics, 2011 - Elsevier
Mucosal folding in such biological vessels as esophagus and airway is essential to their
physiological functions and can be affected by some diseases, eg, inflammation, edema …

Airway narrowing and bronchodilation to deep inspiration in bronchial segments from subjects with and without reported asthma

PB Noble, RL Jones, A Cairncross… - Journal of applied …, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
The present study presents preliminary findings on how structural/functional abnormalities of
the airway wall relate to excessive airway narrowing and reduced bronchodilatory response …

Patient-specific airway wall remodeling in chronic lung disease

M Eskandari, WG Kuschner, E Kuhl - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2015 - Springer
Chronic lung disease affects more than a quarter of the adult population; yet, the mechanics
of the airways are poorly understood. The pathophysiology of chronic lung disease is …

Models to study airway smooth muscle contraction in vivo, ex vivo and in vitro: implications in understanding asthma

D Wright, P Sharma, MH Ryu, PA Rissé, M Ngo… - Pulmonary …, 2013 - Elsevier
Asthma is a chronic obstructive airway disease characterised by airway
hyperresponsiveness (AHR) and airway wall remodelling. The effector of airway narrowing …