Mucins: the frontline defence of the lung

Mucus plays a vital role in protecting the lungs from environmental factors, but conversely, in muco-obstructive airway disease, mucus becomes pathologic. In its protective role, mucus entraps microbes and particles removing them from the lungs via the co-ordinated beating of motile cilia. This mech...

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Published in:	Biochemical Society transactions Vol. 46; no. 5; p. 1099
Main Authors:	Ridley, Caroline, Thornton, David J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 19.10.2018
Subjects:	molecular basis of health and disease mucin respiratory physiology mucus
ISSN:	1470-8752, 1470-8752
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