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SUBMITTER: Le Guellec S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7483496 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Le Guellec Sandrine S Allimonnier Laurine L Heuzé-Vourc'h Nathalie N Cabrera Maria M Ossant Frédéric F Pourchez Jérémie J Vecellio Laurent L Plantier Laurent L
Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology 20200828
In patients with fibrotic pulmonary disease such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), inhaled aerosols deposit mostly in the less affected region of the lungs, resulting in suboptimal pharmacokinetics of airway-delivered treatments. Refinement of aerosol delivery technique requires new models to simulate the major alterations of lung physiology associated with IPF, i.e., heterogeneously reduced lung compliance and increased airway caliber. A novel physical model of the respiratory system was ...[more]