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Current Biology, 2021 Mucus is a slimy hydrogel that lines the mucosal surfaces in our body, including the intestines, stomach, eyes, lungs and urogenital tract. This glycoprotein-rich network is truly the jack of all trades. As a barrier, it lubricates surfaces, protects our cells from physical stress, and selectively allows the passage of nutrients while clearing out ...
McShane, Abigail +7 more
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Narrative review: mucus plugging in chronic obstructive lung diseases and bronchiectasis [PDF]
European Clinical Respiratory JournalBackground Mucus plugging, complete intraluminal occlusions, is recurrently found in high-resolution computer tomography images in obstructive lung diseases and is increasingly recognized as clinically meaningful.Methods A narrative review on ...
Charlotte Schou +8 more
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Maintenance and disruption of mucous barrier homeostasis: the critical role of MUC5AC/MUC5B balance in airway diseases [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineAirway diseases pose a major challenge to global health, with excessive mucus secretion being one of their common pathological cores. As the primary functional components of the airway mucus gel, MUC5AC and MUC5B jointly maintain mucus barrier function ...
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Mucus-Inspired Tribology, a Sticky Yet Flowing Hydrogel
The mucus blanket can trap foreign particles before they enter the lungs, while at the same time, it flows up to remove these particles. This manifests the dual nature of mucus: sticky, on one hand, and fluid, on the other.
Prabir K. Patra (1920082) +9 more
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Airway mucus in infection [PDF]
Frontiers in PhysiologyThe mucosa of the airways is under a near-constant barrage of contaminants, allergens, and pathogens that can accumulate and cause irritation or infection if not promptly removed.
Caitlin Costello +3 more
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Intestinal mucin-type O-glycans: the major players in the host-bacteria-rotavirus interactions
Gut Microbes, 2023 Rotavirus (RV) causes severe diarrhea in young children and animals worldwide. Several glycans terminating in sialic acids (SAs) and histo-blood group antigens (HBGAs) on intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) surface have been recognized to act as attachment ...
S.A. Raev +3 more
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Microorganisms, 2023 The gastric pathogen, Helicobacter pylori bacteria have to swim across a pH gradient from 2 to 7 in the mucus layer to colonize the gastric epithelium. Previous studies from our group have shown that porcine gastric mucin (PGM) gels at an acidic pH < 4 ...
Clover Su-Arcaro +6 more
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Health Science Reports, 2022 Background and Aims In cystic fibrosis (CF) airways, impaired airway mucociliary clearance and mucus accumulation due to cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator defects contribute to inflammation, progressive structural lung damage, and ...
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 The beneficial health of evaluating prebiotic effect by the consumption of Agave salmiana fructans (A. salmiana fructans) was assessed in the epithelium of the cecum and proximal colon of Wistar rats fed at different doses for 35 days with regards to ...
Amneris Iraida Castillo Andrade +5 more
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Characterization of Highly Mucus-Adherent Non-GMO Derivatives of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020 Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG is one of the best studied lactic acid bacteria in the context of probiotic effects. L. rhamnosus GG has been shown to prevent diarrhea in children and adults and has been implicated to have mitigating or preventive ...
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