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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology2025

Protocol for differentiating primary human small airway epithelial cells at the air-liquid interface.

Yu Par Aung Myo, Sarah V Camus, Margaret A T Freeberg, Tytus Bernas, Divya Bande, Rebecca L Heise, Thomas H Thatcher, Patricia J Sime

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Article in American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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8 authors.

Yu Par Aung MyoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5049-7412
Sarah V CamusDivision of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4250-6133
Margaret A T FreebergDivision of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7301-7880
Tytus BernasDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States.
Divya BandeDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States.
Rebecca L HeiseDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6602-6700
Thomas H ThatcherDivision of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7177-3041
Patricia J SimeDivision of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5101-634X

Funding

Virus Vector Shared ResourceP30CA016059 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI Renato Martins · 1985 to 2026
$51.0M
Preclinical development of a synthetic lung surfactant dry powder aerosol for hypoxemia or acute respiratory distress syndrome patients receiving different modes of ventilation supportR01HL164508 · NHLBI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI LONGEST, P. WORTH · 2023 to 2025
$2.3M
Francis Family Foundation (FF) Parker B. Francis FellowshipHHS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) R01HL164508NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016059NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL164508Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) PFF Scholars
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The air-liquid interface (ALI) culture is an important tool in pulmonary research as it models the physiological lung where the epithelium is apically exposed to air and basally to the endothelium and interstitium. Although there is an abundance of research that uses primary human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs) to study larger airways, small airway epithelial cells (SAECs) are an untapped resource in comparison. Primary SAECs are a valuable cell population as they enable the study of pathologies in the bronchioles and are also a favorable surrogate for primary alveolar epithelial cells, which are invasive to collect from patients. Currently, there are limited resources on how to culture and differentiate SAECs at the ALI. Here, we provide an optimized, detailed protocol to address this knowledge gap. Key culture conditions that determine the quality and uniformity of differentiated SAECs include cell passage number, pH changes caused by media exhaustion and incubator CO

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BronchiCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationEpithelial CellsRespiratory MucosaCells, CulturedHumansair-liquid interfacedifferentiationmethodsprimary human cellssmall airway epithelial cells

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PMID40247673
PMCPMC12169842

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