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Using Serious Games to Motivate Children with Cystic Fibrosis to Engage with Mucus Clearance Physiotherapy [PDF]

, 2012
Positive expiratory pressure (PEP) therapy is an effective method for removing mucus build-up in the lungs of sufferers of chronic lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis (CF).
Day, David, Oikonomou, Andreas
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Hybrid Lipid/Polymer Nanoparticles to Tackle the Cystic Fibrosis Mucus Barrier in siRNA Delivery to the Lungs: Does PEGylation Make the Difference?

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2022
Inhaled siRNA therapy has a unique potential for treatment of severe lung diseases, such as cystic fibrosis (CF). Nevertheless, a drug delivery system tackling lung barriers is mandatory to enhance gene silencing efficacy in the airway epithelium.
G. Conte, G. Costabile, Domizia Baldassi, V. Rondelli, R. Bassi, D. Colombo, Giulia Linardos, E. Fiscarelli, R. Sorrentino, A. Miro, F. Quaglia, P. Brocca, I. d’Angelo, Olivia M. Merkel, F. Ungaro   +14 more
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Investigation of Antibacterial Properties of Mucus and Coelomic Fluid Obtained from Eisenia Fetida

Cumhuriyet Science Journal, 2017
In several researchesit was found that earthworms are protected from the infective effects of manypathogen microorganisms, with which they live together, by their strong immunesystems and secreted fluids; in addition, vermicompost, their coelomic fluid ...
Uğur Tutar, İsa Karaman
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Sequestration of Polystyrene Microplastics by Jellyfish Mucus

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
The worldwide microplastics pollution is a serious environmental and health problem that is currently not effectively mitigated. In this work we tested jellyfish mucus as a new bioflocculent material capable of sequestration of polystyrene microplastics ...
Živa Lengar, Katja Klun, Iztok Dogsa, Ana Rotter, David Stopar   +4 more
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A Comparison of the Fertile Phase As Determined by the Clearplan Easy Fertility Monitor™ and Self-Assessment of Cervical Mucus [PDF]

, 2004
The purpose of this study was to compare the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle as determined by the Clearplan Easy Fertility Monitor (CPEFM) with self-monitoring of cervical mucus.
Fehring, Richard, Raviele, Kathleen, Schneider, Mary   +2 more
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Mucus, commensals, and the immune system

Gut microbes, 2022
The immune system in the large intestine is separated from commensal microbes and comparatively rare enteric pathogens by a monolayer of diverse epithelial cells overlaid with a compact and adherent inner mucus layer and a looser outer mucus layer ...
Qing Zhao, Craig L. Maynard
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Arabinoxylans, inulin and Lactobacillus reuteri 1063 repress the adherent-invasive Escherichia coli from mucus in a musosa-comprising gut model [PDF]

, 2016
The microbiota that colonises the intestinal mucus may particularly affect human health given its proximity to the epithelium. For instance, the presence of the adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) in this mucosal microbiota has been correlated with
De Weirdt, Rosemarie, Derde, Melanie, Marzorati, Massimo, Possemiers, Sam, Van de Wiele, Tom, Van den Abbeele, Pieter, Vermeiren, Joan   +6 more
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Structural weakening of the colonic mucus barrier is an early event in ulcerative colitis pathogenesis

Gut, 2019
Objective The colonic inner mucus layer protects us from pathogens and commensal-induced inflammation, and has been shown to be defective in active UC.
Sjoerd van der Post, Karolina S. Jabbar, G. Birchenough, L. Arike, N. Akhtar, Henrik Sjovall, M. Johansson, G. Hansson   +7 more
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The MUC5B Promoter Polymorphism Associates With Severe COVID-19 in the European Population

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Background: Diversity in response on exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 may be related to the innate immune response in the elderly.
Coline H. M. van Moorsel, Coline H. M. van Moorsel, Joanne J. van der Vis, Joanne J. van der Vis, Anna Duckworth, Chris J. Scotton, Claudia Benschop, Claudia Benschop, David Ellinghaus, David Ellinghaus, Henk J. T. Ruven, Marian J. R. Quanjel, Jan C. Grutters, Jan C. Grutters   +13 more
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The Role of the Mucus Barrier in Digestion [PDF]

, 2012
Mucus forms a protective layer across a variety of epithelial surfaces. In the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, the barrier has to permit the uptake of nutrients, while excluding potential hazards, such as pathogenic bacteria.
A Macierzanka, AP Corfield, C Atuma, C Taylor, CT Nordgard, D Ambort, DJ Thornton, FJO Varum, G Maconi, G Patsos, G Spaeth, GC Hansson, GJ Besseris, J Celli, J Dekker, J McRorie, J Perez-Vilar, J Petersson, J Schwarz-Linek, JK Sheehan, JL McAuley, JM Barrios, JMH Larsson, K Godl, L Laine, L Marciani, L Marciani, LA Sellers, MA McGuckin, ME Johansson, ME Lidell, MEV Johansson, MEV Johansson, N Asker, RA Cone, RC Sprong, S Mukhopadhyay, S Vaishnava, SK Lai, SK Lai, SK Lai, TA Lang, Y Komiyama, YH Sheng   +43 more
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