Mucus threads from surface goblet cells clear particles from the airways

BACKGROUND: The mucociliary clearance system driven by beating cilia protects the airways from inhaled microbes and particles. Large particles are cleared by mucus bundles made in submucosal glands by parallel linear polymers of the MUC5B mucins. However, the structural organization and function of...

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Autores principales: Ermund, Anna, Meiss, Lauren N., Dolan, Brendan, Jaudas, Florian, Ewaldsson, Lars, Bähr, Andrea, Klymiuk, Nikolai, Hansson, Gunnar C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8620232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34823518
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-021-01898-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8620232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34823518
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-021-01898-3

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