Bronchoscopic assessment of airway retention time of aerosolized xylitol

BACKGROUND: Human airway surface liquid (ASL) has abundant antimicrobial peptides whose potency increases as the salt concentration decreases. Xylitol is a 5-carbon sugar that has the ability to lower ASL salt concentration, potentially enhancing innate immunity. Xylitol was detected for 8 hours in...

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Autores principales: Durairaj, Lakshmi, Neelakantan, Srividya, Launspach, Janice, Watt, Janet L, Allaman, Margaret M, Kearney, William R, Veng-Pedersen, Peter, Zabner, Joseph
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1386668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16483382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-7-27

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1386668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16483382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-7-27

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