COPD lungs show an attached stratified mucus layer resembling the protective colonic mucus
COPD lungs show an attached stratified mucus layer resembling the protective colonic mucus
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Cold Spring Harbor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
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The respiratory tract is normally kept essentially free of bacteria by cilia-mediated mucus transport, but in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis (CF) mucus accumulates due to goblet cell hyperplasia and mucin overexpression. To address mechanisms behind the mucus accumulation, the elastase-induced mouse model was utili...
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COPD lungs show an attached stratified mucus layer resembling the protective colonic mucus
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2071247976
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2692-8205
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10.1101/205948
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