Visualization and quantification of injury to the ciliated epithelium using quantitative flow imaging and speckle variance optical coherence tomography

Mucociliary flow is an important defense mechanism in the lung to remove inhaled pathogens and pollutants. Disruption of ciliary flow can lead to respiratory infections. Multiple factors, from drugs to disease can cause an alteration in ciliary flow. However, less attention has been given to injury...

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Autores principales: Gamm, Ute A., Huang, Brendan K., Mis, Emily K., Khokha, Mustafa K., Choma, Michael A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5678121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29118359
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14670-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5678121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29118359
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14670-9

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